vuls-, vell-

(Latin: pull, tear, twitch)


anticonvulsive
convulsant
convulse
convulsive
convulsively
convulsiveness
divulsion
revulsion
revulsive
revulsively
Uno avulso, non deficit alter.
When one is torn away, another is not wanted.

Motto of the Kingdom of Austria.

vulsellum
A forceps with serrated blades used in surgery; a kind of pincer.
vulture, vultures
1. Any of the various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion.
2. Any of various large diurnal (day) birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
3. A large bird of prey with usually dark feathers and broad wings that feeds on carrion; native to: Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
4. A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
5. A person who attacks in search of booty, and who waits for the chance to exploit someone else when that other person is vulnerable.

Pointing to a page about extinction of vultures in India The extinction of Indian vultures.


vulturine: vulture
1. Of or pertaining to a vulture or vultures.
2. Characteristic of, like that of, a vulture; rapacious, predatory.

Rapacious refers to the action of taking by force; plundering; greedy; ravenous; subsisting on live prey.

vulturish
Vulturous.

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