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vulture

[vuhl-cher] / ˈvʌl tʃər /
NOUN
scavenger
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In the past few decades, vulture populations have seen sharp declines in some places.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

As Scott Weidensaul tells us, poisoning has led to seven of Africa’s 10 vulture species being listed as endangered or critically endangered, with populations down as much as 97%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I finally looked up the species: It was a gallinazo, also known as a black vulture, and as much as we might ignore them, they’d been circling the whole time.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Adam Bloch and Holly Cale, who run the The Horstmann Trust vulture conservation charity based in Carmarthenshire, were involved in efforts to stop the decline in Asia.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and he was swinging a huge crimson handbag.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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