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vulture/ˈvʌltʃə/n. 1 any of various large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae or (in the New World) Cathartidae, with the head and neck more or less bare of feathers, feeding chiefly on carrion and reputed to gather with others in anticipation of a death 兀鹫；美洲鹫 2 a rapacious person 贪得无厌者，劫掠成性者 □ vulturine /-rain/ adj.□ vulturish adj.□ vulturous adj.[Middle English via Anglo-French vultur, Old French voltour etc. from Latin vulturius] |