3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vulture  \Vul"ture\  (?;  135),  n.  [OE.  vultur,  L.  vultur:  cf  OF 
  voltour  F.  vautour.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  rapacious  birds  belonging  to 
  {Vultur},  {Cathartes},  {Catharista},  and  various  other  genera 
  of  the  family  {Vulturid[ae]}. 
 
  Note:  In  most  of  the  species  the  head  and  neck  are  naked  or 
  nearly  so  They  feed  chiefly  on  carrion.  The  condor, 
  king  vulture,  turkey  buzzard,  and  black  vulture 
  ({Catharista  atrata})  are  well  known  American  species. 
  The  griffin,  lammergeir,  and  Pharaoh's  chicken,  or 
  Egyptian  vulture,  are  common  Old  World  vultures. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vulture 
  n  1:  any  of  various  large  diurnal  birds  of  prey  having  naked 
  heads  and  weak  claws  and  feeding  chiefly  on  carrion 
  2:  someone  who  attacks  in  search  of  booty  [syn:  {marauder},  {predator}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Vulture 
  (1.)  Heb.  da'ah  (Lev.  11:14).  In  the  parallel  passage  (Deut. 
  14:13)  the  Hebrew  word  used  is  _ra'ah_,  rendered  "glede;"  LXX., 
  "gups;"  Vulg.,  "milvus."  A  species  of  ravenous  bird, 
  distinguished  for  its  rapid  flight.  "When  used  without  the 
  epithet  'red,'  the  name  is  commonly  confined  to  the  black  kite. 
  The  habits  of  the  bird  bear  out  the  allusion  in  Isa.  34:15,  for 
  it  is  excepting  during  the  winter  three  months,  so  numerous 
  everywhere  in  Palestine  as  to  be  almost  gregarious."  (See  {EAGLE}.) 
 
  (2.)  In  Job  28:7  the  Heb.  'ayyah  is  thus  rendered.  The  word 
  denotes  a  clamorous  and  a  keen-sighted  bird  of  prey.  In  Lev. 
  11:14  and  Deut.  14:13  it  is  rendered  kite"  (q.v.). 
 

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