vulture
Meanings
Plural: vultures
Noun
- any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- someone who attacks in search of booty
- Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
- A person who profits from the suffering of others.
Verb
- To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.
Adj
- ravenous; rapacious
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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