Old World vulture

/oʊld wərld ˌvʌltʃər/

Definitions of Old World vulture

1. noun

   any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
   types:

   Gyps fulvus, griffon, griffon vulture

   large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

   Gypaetus barbatus, bearded vulture, 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

   type of:

   vulture

   any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion