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CORAGYPS ATRATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Synonyms:
black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a kind of...):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Holonyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a member of...):
Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)