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CORAGYPS ATRATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Coragyps atratus mean?
• CORAGYPS ATRATUS (noun)
The noun CORAGYPS ATRATUS has 1 sense:
1. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Familiarity information: CORAGYPS ATRATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus
Hypernyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a kind of...):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Holonyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a member of...):
Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)
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