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vulture

vul.ture \'v*l-ch*r\ n [ME, fr. L vultur] 1: any of various large raptorial 
   birds (families Aegypiidae and Cathartida e) that are related to the hawks, 
   eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usu. naked and the 
   subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion 2: a rapacious or predatory person