plural of lappet-faced vulture

(uncommon) Alternative form of griffon vulture

Alternative spelling of vulturelike

(informal) The practice of acquiring distressed firms in the hopes of making them more profitable so as to sell them for a profit.

An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage. / A north African and Eurasian vulture species, Aegypius monachus.

A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. / (figuratively, colloquial) A person who profits from the suffering of others.

(figuratively, colloquial) To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

(obsolete) ravenous; rapacious

a long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.