vulture

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In most countries the vulture is a privileged bird.

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  1. noun Any of various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion.
  2. noun A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French voltour, from Latin vultur.

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  1. from Middle English vultur, voltur, voutur, voutre, from Old French voutour, voltour, vouteur, French vautour = Provencal voltor, voutor = Spanish buitre = Portuguese abutre = Old Italian voltore, Italian avoltore, avoltojo = Welsh ffwltur, from Latin vultur, voltur, Old Latin also vulturus, vollurus, also vulturius, volturius, a vulture, a bird of prey, literally ‘plucker,’ from vellere (perfect vulsi), pluck: see vellicate, and cf. vulnerate.
 

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/ˈvəltʃər/
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