vulture
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and CathartidaeAny of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
» Tom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
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2 sensesAny of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
Geier, Geierin
грифgrif, стервя́тникstervjátnik
грифhryf, па́дальникpádalʹnyk
(colloquial, figuratively)A person who profits from the suffering of others.
Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.
Aasgeier
стервя́тникstervjátnik
- any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- someone who attacks in search of booty
Examples
32 sentencesTom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
Мертвий олень, подзьобаний стерв'ятниками, рештки частково з'їжені іншими тваринами, ось таке м'ясо, що розкладається називається "падаллю". — ChickenKiev
Vultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
Can a vulture eat a cheetah?
Where there is carrion, vultures gather.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, frBorrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.
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