HyperDic: turkey_vulture

English > 1 sense of the expression turkey vulture:
NOUNanimalturkey vulture, buzzard, turkey buzzard, Cathartes auraa New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
English > turkey vulture: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States.
Synonymsbuzzard, turkey buzzard, Cathartes aura
Member ofCathartes, genus Cathartestype genus of the Cathartidae
BroaderNew World vulture, cathartidlarge birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
Spanishaura, busardo, jote, zopilote
Catalanaura

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