Old World vulture

Thesaurus

Noun

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Old World vulture - any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia Accipitridae, family Accipitridae - hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, griffon - large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, lammergeier, lammergeyer - the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Pharaoh's chicken - small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia Aegypius monachus, black vulture - of southern Eurasia and northern Africa