Vält'äre, n.

noun

(vält'yur, 53), n. [Lat. vultur, O. Fr. vultor, voltor, N. Fr. vautour, Fr. voltоr, voutor, Sp. buitre, Pg. abutre, It. avoltore, avoltojo.] (Ornith.) An accipitrine bird of the genus Vultur; any species of the vulture family.

Vultures have a large and strong beak, the nostrils pierced transversely to its base, the head and neck without feathers or caruncles, and a collar of long feathers, or of down, at the root of the neck. Proper vultures have hitherto been found only on the eastern continent.

An engraved illustration of a vulture standing with its wings folded. — Vulture.