cathartid
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Noun | 1. | cathartid - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion Cathartidae, family Cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures 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 condor - the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere king vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa - large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck |
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