CATHARTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cathartidae mean? 

• CATHARTIDAE (noun)
  The noun CATHARTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures

  Familiarity information: CATHARTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATHARTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cathartidae; family Cathartidae

Hypernyms ("Cathartidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Cathartidae"):

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

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

genus Vultur; Vultur (a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor)

genus Gymnogyps; Gymnogyps (containing solely the California condor)

Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)

genus Sarcorhamphus; Sarcorhamphus (usually containing only the king vulture)

Holonyms ("Cathartidae" is a member of...):

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)