Vulture



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 秃鹫
• ［英］ n. 秃鹫 ( a large ugly tropical bird with an almost featherless head and neck)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English vultur, from Anglo-French, from Latin
• Date: 14th century
• 1. any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
• 2. a rapacious or predatory person
• ? vulturish adjective

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