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butternut
Deciduous nut-producing tree (Juglans cinerea) of the walnut family, native to E N. America. A mature tree has gray, deeply furrowed bark. Each leaf has 11-17 yellowish-green leaflets that are hairy underneath. Chocolate-colored partitions divide the pith of the twig into many chambers. The egg-shaped fruit has a sticky, greenish-brown husk. The hard, woody nut bears many ridges and contains a sweet, oily seed. The tree is economically important for its edible nuts and for a yellow or orange dye obtained from the fruit husks. Some substances in the inner bark of the roots are used in medicines.
vulture
Any of 20 species of bare-headed, keen-sighted birds of prey found in temperate and tropical regions. New World vultures (family Cathartidae) are 24-28 in. (60-70 cm) long. Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) include the smallest (20 in., or 50 cm, long) and the largest vulture species. The cinereous, or black, vulture (Aegypius monachus), one of the largest living birds of flight, grows to about 40 in. (100 cm) long, weighs almost 30 lbs (13 kg), and has a 9-ft (2.7-m) wingspread. Most species eat carrion, garbage, and excrement but will occasionally eat a live animal. See also condor, marabou, turkey vulture.
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