Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A New World vulture (Cathartes aura) having dark plumage and a bare red head and neck similar to that of the turkey. Also called turkey buzzard.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The turkey-buzzard: more fully called red-headed turkey-vulture.
Wiktionary
- n. A common North American vulture, Cathartes aura.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) the turkey buzzard.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
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