urubu.
New World vulture
Meaning & usage
New World vulture
any vulture
usurer
undertaker
jinx (person who brings bad luck)
ambulance chaser, vulture
someone who wears black clothes and makeup; a goth
a player or supporter of the CR Flamengo soccer team (which has a vulture as mascot)
a referee
the Urubú-Kaapor people or (uncountable) their language
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.
of the Urubú-Kaapor people
of the Urubú-Kaapor language
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.
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