vultureling

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noun

A small, young, or immature vulture.

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Meanings

nounvultureling (plural vulturelings)

plural vulturelings

  1. A small, young, or immature vulture.

    "[…] But Periaswamy Iyer was no easy quarry for a vultureling".

    1964, Indian Writers in Conference: Proceedings, page 142
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    Next morning at breakfast the supposed vultureling is found to be subdued and silent, […]

    1892, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, volume 151, page 735

    […] Vamos, vultureling and eaglet," broke in the Maestro. "We have enough measured now for a while, and to-morrow you can bait your hooks for the Big Fish. Ay !

    1911, Charles Fletcher Lummis, The gold fish of Gran Chimú

Origin

From vulture + -ling.

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