vautour

Definitions of vautour
  1. noun
    any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
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    types:
    vautours du nouveau monde
    large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
    condor
    the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
    type of:
    oiseau de proie, rapace
    any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
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