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cathartid ThesaurusNoun | 1. | cathartid - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vulturesNew World vulturevulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrionCathartidae, family Cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vulturesbuzzard, Cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture - a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United Statescondor - the largest flying birds in the western hemisphereblack vulture, carrion crow, Coragyps atratus - American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzardking vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa - large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck |
cathartid
Synonyms for cathartidnoun large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vulturesSynonymsRelated Words- vulture
- Cathartidae
- family Cathartidae
- buzzard
- Cathartes aura
- turkey buzzard
- turkey vulture
- condor
- black vulture
- carrion crow
- Coragyps atratus
- king vulture
- Sarcorhamphus papa
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