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Turkey Vulture

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Noun

1. buzzard, cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture

a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Turkey Vulture

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a dark-colored vulture (Cathartes aura) of temperate and tropical America, resembling a turkey in having a naked, reddish head
: also called turkey buzzard

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Turkey Vulture

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n.
A widespread vulture (Cathartes aura) found throughout the Americas, having dark plumage and a bare red head and neck similar to that of the turkey. Also called turkey buzzard.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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