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BLACK VULTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
Synonyms:
Aegypius monachus; black vulture
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black vulture" is a kind of...):
Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)
Holonyms ("black vulture" is a member of...):
Aegypius; genus Aegypius (a genus of Accipitridae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Synonyms:
black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("black vulture" is a kind of...):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Holonyms ("black vulture" is a member of...):
Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)
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