Old World vulture
Refers to vultures of the family Accipitridae found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In everyday Japanese, often used broadly for any vulture.
A vulture is circling in the sky.
Vultures eat animal carcasses.
cinereous vulture; Eurasian black vulture
griffon vulture
Standard katakana spelling for this animal name.
Kanji form is rare; the word is usually written in kana.
Compound of 禿げ (hage, 'baldness') and 鷲 (washi, 'eagle'), referring to the bald appearance of vultures.