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cathartid

DEFINITIONS OF: cathartid

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n large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

Synonyms:
New World vulture
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Cathartes aura, buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
condor
the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
Coragyps atratus, black vulture, carrion crow
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Sarcorhamphus papa, king vulture
large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
California condor, Gymnogyps californianus
North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct
Type of:
vulture
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
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