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TURKEY VULTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turkey vulture mean? 

TURKEY VULTURE (noun)
  The noun TURKEY VULTURE has 1 sense:

1. a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: TURKEY VULTURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TURKEY VULTURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

buzzard; Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; turkey vulture

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)


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