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vultureling

vultureling noun: a small, young, or immature vulture.

Noun

vultureling (plural vulturelings)

  1. A small, young, or immature vulture.
    • 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

Forms of vultureling

pluralvulturelings

Origin of vultureling

From vulture + -ling.

Questions about vultureling

What does vultureling mean?
Vultureling means a small, young, or immature vulture.
What part of speech is vultureling?
Vultureling is a noun.
What is the plural of vultureling?
The plural of vultureling is vulturelings.

Words near vultureling in the dictionary

  1. vulture-berries
  2. vulture-hocked
  3. vulture-like
  4. vultured
  5. vulturelike
  6. vultureling
  7. vulturelings
  8. Vultureni
  9. vultures
  10. vulturewise
  11. Vulturești

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