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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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