HyperDic: king_vulture

English > 1 sense of the expression king vulture:
NOUNanimalking vulture, Sarcorhamphus papalarge black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America
English > king vulture: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck.
SynonymSarcorhamphus papa
Member ofSarcorhamphus, genus Sarcorhamphususually containing only the king vulture
BroaderNew World vulture, cathartidlarge birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
SpanishSarcorhamphus papa

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict