лешояд

From леш (leš, “carrion”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ яд (jad, “eater”), with specialization of meaning specifically to birds scavengers. Compare Macedonian лешинар (lešinar, “vulture”), Serbo-Croatian лѐшина̄р (“vulture”).

• IPA^(key): [lɛʃo̟ˈja̟t]

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лешоя́д • (lešojád) m (relational adjective лешоя́ден)

1. (literally) scavenger

   Synonym: мършоя́д (mǎršojád)

2. vulture (carrion-eating bird of prey)

• леш (leš, “carrion”)
• яд (jad, “eater”), ядене (jadene, “eating”)

• “лешояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лешояд”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010