| NOUN | animal | Old World vulture | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
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| Meaning | Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia. | |
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| Member of | Accipitridae, family Accipitridae | hawks |
| Narrower | Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
| bearded vulture, lammergeier, lammergeyer, Gypaetus barbatus | The largest Eurasian bird of prey | |
| black vulture, Aegypius monachus | Of southern Eurasia and northern Africa | |
| griffon vulture, griffon, Gyps fulvus | large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings | |
| Broader | vulture | Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws / claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
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