Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ.

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

a bird of prey but not a raptor

a bird that picks off the waste of society and is sort of on the scale of body-baggers in India, the lowest caste of Indian society

a rapacious and obscene bird, whichdestroys its prey by plucking it limb from limb with its powerfulbeak and talons

Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals. Vultures are found in every continent except Antarctica and Oceania.