| vulture |  |  | 
| n. (animal) | 1. vulture | any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion. | 
 |  ~ bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird | any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals. | 
 |  ~ aegypiidae, family aegypiidae | in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae. | 
 |  ~ old world vulture | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia. | 
 |  ~ cathartid, new world vulture | large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures. | 
| n. (person) | 2. marauder, piranha, predator, vulture | someone who attacks in search of booty. | 
 |  ~ aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | someone who attacks. | 
 |  ~ moss-trooper | a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland). | 
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