Transcription
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- [vuhl-cher]
- /ˈvʌl tʃər/
- /ˈvʌl.tʃər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vuhl-cher]
- /ˈvʌl tʃər/
Definitions of vulture word
- noun vulture any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles. 1
- noun vulture any of several superficially similar New World birds of the family Cathartidae, as the turkey vulture. 1
- noun vulture a person or thing that preys, especially greedily or unscrupulously: That vulture would sell out his best friend. 1
- noun vulture bird 1
- noun vulture person 1
- countable noun vulture A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals. 0
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Origin of vulture
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Latin vultur
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Parts of speech for Vulture
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vulture popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vulture usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vulture
noun vulture
- hyena — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- magpie — either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- forager — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
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