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TURKEY VULTURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turkey vulture mean?
• TURKEY VULTURE (noun)
The noun TURKEY VULTURE has 1 sense:
1. a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
Familiarity information: TURKEY VULTURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
buzzard; Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; turkey vulture
Hypernyms ("turkey vulture" is a kind of...):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Holonyms ("turkey vulture" is a member of...):
Cathartes; genus Cathartes (type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures)
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