资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Urubu \U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian
bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
The black vulture ({Catharista atrata}). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See {Vulture}.