Aegypius monachus, a species of large vulture living in Europe and Asia.

(nautical) A ship's navigational monocular spyglass telescope

An Old World vulture, Gyps himalayensis.

A Eurasian black vulture, Aegypius monachus.

A black vulture, Coragyps atratus.

(historical) The belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival theory to Neptunism.

(informal, humorous) A person with an inauthentic and rapacious, possibly forced, interest in the arts. / (informal, derogatory) A creative maker who copies rather than creates original work.

Alternative spelling of Vulcanism (“historical scientific view”) / Alternative spelling of volcanism (“volcanic activity”)

(as a word gloss in dictionaries) Abbreviation of vulgar.

Common Era