English > family Cathartidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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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