[vul.ture] n [ME, fr. L vultur] (14c) 1: any of various large raptorial birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usu. naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
2: a rapacious or predatory person -- vul.tur.ish adj