Buzzard vs. Vulture

Buzzardnoun

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

Buzzardnoun

(North America) Any scavenging bird such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).

Buzzardnoun

In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

Buzzardnoun

(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.

Buzzardnoun

A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

Buzzardnoun

In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.

Buzzardnoun

A blockhead; a dunce.

Buzzardadjective

Senseless; stupid.

Buzzardnoun

common in South America and Central America and southern United States

Buzzardnoun

the common European short-winged hawk

Buzzard

Buzzard is the common name of several species of bird.

Vulturenoun

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

Vulturenoun

A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Vultureverb

To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Vulturenoun

Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidæ.

Vulturenoun

any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

Vulturenoun

someone who attacks in search of booty

Vulture

A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors).