禿鷹

兀鷹

Readings

Kana: はげたか、ハゲタカ

Romaji: hagetaka, hagetaka

Definition

noun

1

vulture

Note: word usually written using kana alone; colloquialism

Kanji

禿

Readings: トク、 ちび.る、 かむろ、 は.げる、 はげ

Meanings: become bald, bare, wear out, waste away, little girl employed at a brothel

鷹

Readings: ヨウ、 オウ、 たか

Meaning: hawk

兀

Reading: コツ

Meanings: high & level, lofty, bald, dangerous

Example Sentence

ハゲタカが突(つ)っつく死(し)んだ鹿(しか)とか、他(た)の動物(どうぶつ)の食(た)べ残(のこ)しとか、そういう腐(くさ)った肉(にく)を死(し)肉(にく)と書(か)きました。

➥A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.