SARCORHAMPHUS PAPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarcorhamphus papa mean? 

• SARCORHAMPHUS PAPA (noun)
  The noun SARCORHAMPHUS PAPA has 1 sense:

1. large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck

  Familiarity information: SARCORHAMPHUS PAPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCORHAMPHUS PAPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

king vulture; Sarcorhamphus papa

Hypernyms ("Sarcorhamphus papa" is a kind of...):

cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)

Holonyms ("Sarcorhamphus papa" is a member of...):

genus Sarcorhamphus; Sarcorhamphus (usually containing only the king vulture)