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black vulture

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: black vulture

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n
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
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n
of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: black vulture
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n American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Synonyms:
Coragyps atratus, carrion crow
Type of:
New World vulture, cathartid
large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
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n of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

Synonyms:
Aegypius monachus
Type of:
Old World vulture
any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
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