vulture 音标拼音: [v'ʌltʃɚ]
n . 秃鹰,贪婪的人
秃鹰,贪婪的人
vulture n 1 :
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion 2 :
someone who attacks in search of booty [
synonym : {
marauder },
{
predator }, {
vulture }, {
piranha }]
Vulture \
Vul "
ture \ (?;
135 ),
n . [
OE .
vultur ,
L .
vultur :
cf .
OF .
voltour ,
F .
vautour .] (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to {
Vultur }, {
Cathartes }, {
Catharista },
and various other genera of the family {
Vulturidae }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In most of the species the head and neck are naked or nearly so .
They feed chiefly on carrion .
The condor ,
king vulture ,
turkey buzzard ,
and black vulture ({
Catharista atrata })
are well known American species .
The griffin ,
lammergeir ,
and Pharaoh '
s chicken ,
or Egyptian vulture ,
are common Old World vultures .
[
1913 Webster ]
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vulture ":
blackmailer ,
bloodsucker ,
extortionist ,
filch ,
harpy ,
heist ,
hook ,
leech ,
lift ,
pinch ,
predator ,
profiteer ,
racketeer ,
raptor ,
shakedown artist ,
shark ,
snitch ,
swipe ,
vampire
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