Definition of vulture | Bee Dictionary of English

n any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
n someone who attacks in search of booty

Adam Woolfitt Corbis Alas, uplifting news is rare in the vulture world: the big picture is that the birds, commonly portrayed as harbingers of death, are themselves facing doom .
In recent years, India's white-backed vulture population has begun to drop, a victim of what some ornithologists contend is a virus sweeping across South Asia and .
The image presaged no celebration: a child barely alive, a vulture so eager for carrion.

vulture party
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Darren Naish in Times Online
Azhdarchids first became reasonably well known in the 1970s, but how they lived has been the subject of much debate,Dr Naish said. "Originally described as vulture-like scavengers, they were later suggested to be mud-probers - sticking...
Scott Eyre in USA Today
I got a vulture win,Eyre said. "The way Timmy was pitching, it was kind of fun to watch."
Gordon Brown in International Herald Tribune
I deplore the activities of so-called vulture funds that seek to profit from the debts owed by the poorest countries,Gordon Brown said in May, the month before he became prime minister of Britain. "I am determined to limit the damage done...