vulturine
adjective
vul·tur·ine
ˈvəl-chə-ˌrīn 
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Puffins have been observed using tools, and vulturine guinea fowls in Kenya have been found to display complex social behavior more typically found in mammals.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
To see how all 18 groups of vulturine guinea fowl interacted, the researchers attached GPS tags to a number of birds in each group.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Nov. 2019
Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
To see how all 18 groups of vulturine guinea fowl interacted, the researchers attached GPS tags to a number of birds in each group.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Nov. 2019
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