| NOUN | animal | 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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| person | vulture, marauder, predator, piranha | someone who attacks in search of booty |
| Sounds | vah'lcher | |
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| Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... | |
| Meaning | Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws / claws and feeding chiefly on carrion. | |
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| Narrower | Aegypiidae, family Aegypiidae | In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae |
| New World vulture, cathartid | large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures | |
| Old World vulture | Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia | |
| Broader | bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird | Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals |
| Spanish | buitre | |
| Catalan | voltor | |
| Adjectives | vulturous | living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey |
| Meaning | someone who attacks in search of booty. | |
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| Synonyms | marauder, predator, piranha | |
| Narrower | moss-trooper | A marauder and plunderer (originally / originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland) |
| Broader | attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter | someone who attacks |
| Spanish | buitre, merodeador | |
| Catalan | depredador, voltor | |
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