noun
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
• Syn: ↑buzzard, ↑turkey buzzard, ↑Cathartes aura
• Hypernyms: ↑New World vulture, ↑cathartid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cathartes, ↑genus Cathartes
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noun, pl ⋯ -tures [count]
: a large American bird that eats dead animals — called also turkey buzzard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.