Definition

1. Noun:
   • Vulture: A large bird of prey with a hooked beak, often with a featherless head and neck, that feeds primarily on carrion (dead animals).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Kền kền đang bay lượn trên bầu trời tìm kiếm xác chết. (Vultures are circling in the sky looking for carcasses.)
  • Kền kền có vai trò quan trọng trong hệ sinh thái như những kẻ dọn dẹp. (Vultures play an important role in the ecosystem as scavengers.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đầu như đầu kền kền": An idiom describing someone with a bald or shaved head, likening it to a vulture's featherless head.
  • Ông ấy cạo trọc đầu, trông như đầu kền kền vậy. (He shaved his head, it looks like a vulture's head.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chim kền kền: Another way to say "vulture," explicitly including the word for bird ("chim").
• Kền kền cổ trắng: White-rumped vulture (a specific species).
• Kền kền đầu đỏ: Red-headed vulture (a specific species).
• Chim ăn xác chết: Scavenger bird (a descriptive term, not a direct synonym).

Synonyms

• Chim thây ma: Literally "corpse bird" (a less common, descriptive synonym).
• Kẻ ăn xác chết: Scavenger (a general term for any creature that eats carrion).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Mắt kền kền": To have eyes like a vulture; used to describe someone who is keenly observant, often in a greedy or predatory way, looking for an opportunity.
  • Tên buôn lậu có đôi mắt kền kền, luôn tìm kiếm lỗ hổng pháp luật. (The smuggler has vulture eyes, always looking for loopholes in the law.)

1. Vulture