TURKEY VULTURE

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Meaning:

A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

Synonyms:

buzzard; Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; turkey vulture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("turkey vulture" is a kind of...):

cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)

Holonyms ("turkey vulture" is a member of...):

Cathartes; genus Cathartes (type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures)