English > family Cathartidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures. |
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Synonym | Cathartidae |
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Member of | Falconiformes, order Falconiformes | chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe |
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Members | Cathartes, genus Cathartes | type genus of the Cathartidae |
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Coragyps, genus Coragyps | A genus of Cathartidae |
Gymnogyps, genus Gymnogyps | Containing solely the California condor |
New World vulture, cathartid | large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures |
Sarcorhamphus, genus Sarcorhamphus | usually containing only the king vulture |
Vultur, genus Vultur | A bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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Spanish | catártidos, Cathartidae, familia Cathartidae |
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Catalan | catàrtids, Cathartidae |
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