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New World vulture — New World vultures Turkey Vulture Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Old World vulture — Old World vultures Lappet faced Vultures (left) and a White backed Vulture Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
vulture — vulturelike, adj. /vul cheuhr/, n. 1. any of several large, primarily carrion eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles. 2. any of… … Universalium
Vulture — Taxobox name = Vultures image caption = Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Accipitridae (Aegypiinae) CathartidaeVultures are scavenging… … Wikipedia
vulture — [vul′chər] n. [ME vultur < L, akin to vellere, to tear: see VULNERABLE] 1. any of a number of large birds of prey with a naked, usually brightly colored head and dark plumage, including the Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) and the New… … English World dictionary
vulture — [ vʌltʃə] noun 1》 a large bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion, with the head and neck more or less bare of feathers. [Several species in the families Accipitridae (Old World) and Cathartidae (New World).] 2》 a contemptible person who preys on … English new terms dictionary
vulture — vul•ture [[t]ˈvʌl tʃər[/t]] n. 1) orn any of several large, naked headed New World birds of prey of the family Cathartidae that soar at a high altitude seeking carrion 2) orn any of several superficially similar Old World birds of the family… … From formal English to slang
American Black Vulture — Taxobox name = American Black Vulture image width = 200px image caption = Coragyps atratus brasiliensis in Panama status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Incertae sedis (disputed) … Wikipedia
Black Vulture — For other species named Black Vulture, see Black vulture. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus brasiliensis in Panama Conservation status … Wikipedia
King Vulture — Taxobox name = King Vulture status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Incertae sedis (disputed) familia = Cathartidae genus = Sarcoramphus genus authority =… … Wikipedia
