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Webster 1913 Edition

Vulture

Vul′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[OE.
vultur
, L.
vultur
: cf. OF.
voltour
, F.
vautour
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur
,
Cathartes
,
Catharista
, and various other genera of the family
Vulturidae
.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vulture

VULTURE

,
Noun.
A genus of fowls, belonging to the order of Accipiters. The bill is straight, but hooked at the end, and covered at the base by a cere of skin. The head is naked. There are thirteen species, all carnivorous and rapacious. The vultur is one of the largest kinds of fowls, and the Condor of South America, one of this family, is the largest species of flying animals that has been discovered.

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