<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles.</li><li>Any of several superficially similar New World birds of the family Cathartidae, such as the turkey vulture.</li><li>A person or thing that preys, especially greedily or unscrupulously: "That vulture would sell out his best friend."</li></ul>