TURKEY BUZZARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does turkey buzzard mean? • TURKEY BUZZARD (noun)
The noun TURKEY BUZZARD 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 BUZZARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TURKEY BUZZARD (noun)
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 buzzard" is a kind of...):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Holonyms ("turkey buzzard" is a member of...):
Cathartes; genus Cathartes (type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures)
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