Defn: The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.
VULTURE Vul"ture, n. Etym: [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF. voltour, F. vautour.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family
Vulturidæ.
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.
VULTURINE
Vul"tur*ine, a. Etym: [L. vulturinus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity. The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C. Kingsley.
VULTURISH
Vul"tur*ish, a.
Defn: Vulturous.
VULTURISM
Vul"tur*ism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being like a vulture; rapaciousness.