noun
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
• Syn: ↑buzzard, ↑turkey buzzard, ↑turkey vulture
• Hypernyms: ↑New World vulture, ↑cathartid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cathartes, ↑genus Cathartes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.