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GENUS CATHARTES

• GENUS CATHARTES (noun)
The noun GENUS CATHARTES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures

Familiarity information: GENUS CATHARTES used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS CATHARTES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cathartes; genus Cathartes

Hypernyms ("genus Cathartes" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cathartes"):

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)

Holonyms ("genus Cathartes" is a member of...):

Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)

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