HyperDic: new_world_vulture

English > 1 sense of the expression New World vulture:
NOUNanimalNew World vulture, cathartidlarge birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
English > New World vulture: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures.
Synonymcathartid
Member ofCathartidae, family Cathartidaecondors
Narrowerblack vulture, carrion crow, Coragyps atratusAmerican vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes auraA New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
condorThe largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
king vulture, Sarcorhamphus papalarge black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America
BroadervultureAny of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws / claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
Spanishcatártido
Catalancatàrtid

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