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Proper noun

Vultur m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cathartidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Cathartidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vultur gryphus - sole species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vãltor

Noun

vultur

1. vulture
2. eagle

See also

• aito, ornji, utã, schifter, stavrait, schiponjiu

Latin

Etymology

Probably from the same source as vellere ‎(“to tear, pluck”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwul.tur/, [ˈwʊɫ.tʊr]

Alternative forms

• voltur

Noun

vultur m ‎(genitive vulturis); third declension

1. vulture

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (vulture): vulturius

Descendants

References

• vultur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vultur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old French

Noun

vultur m ‎(oblique plural vulturs, nominative singular vulturs, nominative plural vultur)

1. Alternative form of voutoir

References

• vultur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Romanian

Alternative forms

• vulture, hultur, hulture

Etymology

From Latin vultur, vulturem ("vulture").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvultur], [vulˈtur]

Noun

vultur m ‎(plural vulturi)

1. accipitrid
   1. vulture
   2. buzzard
   3. eagle
   4. kite
   5. harrier
2. (figuratively) a brave, admirable man

Declension

See also

• aceră
• acvilă
• pajură

Volapük

Noun

vultur ‎(plural vulturs)

1. vulture

Declension