Vulture Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ure

Vulture has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

1

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

vulture

2

someone who attacks in search of booty

marauder predator vulture piranha

3

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

Verb

1

To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Adjective

1

ravenous; rapacious

See Also

california condor griffin carrion vultureling cathartidae bearded vulture vultures profit

Related Terms

california condor griffin carrion vultureling cathartidae bearded vulture vultures profit zopilote target quarry turkey vulture bird vulturelike geire vulturine corbeau vulturous harpy aegypine

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

bird of prey attacker

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Aegypiidae Old World vulture New World vulture moss-trooper

Origin

The word "vulture" entered Middle English through Anglo-Norman and Old French before coming from the Latin vultur. It originally referred to the large bird of prey known today as a vulture.

Rhyming Words

ure cure lure fure kure yure eure ture pure bure sure mure dure shure viure heure azure alure coure youre

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