vulturinæ

pl. [Mod. Latin vultur; Latin fem.pl. adj. suff.- inæ.] Ornith.: Old World Vultures; the typical subfamily of Vulturide (q. v.), with the characters of the family. There are six genera, with sixteen species, entirely confined to the Old World. vŭl-tur-ine, a . [Lat. vulturinus , from vultur =a vulture (q. v.).] Belonging or pertaining to the vulture; having the qualities of or resembling a vulture. "No rustic who saw the fowl could have failed to notice its vulturine head and bare neck."-London Daily Tele graph. vulturine sea-eagle, s . Ornith.: Gypohierax an go lens is , from the west coast of Africa. Called also the Angola Vulture, from its habitat. vul-tur-ish, a. [Eng. vultur(e); -ish.] Like a vulture; rapacious. "Of temper most accipitral, hawkish, aquiline, not to say vulturish." -Carlyle: Miscel., iv. 245.