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CARRION CROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrion crow mean? 

CARRION CROW (noun)
  The noun CARRION CROW has 1 sense:

1. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzardplay

  Familiarity information: CARRION CROW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARRION CROW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus

Hypernyms ("carrion crow" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("carrion crow" is a member of...):

Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)


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