black vulture

/blæk ˌvʌltʃər/
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Other forms: black vultures

Definitions of black vulture
  1. noun
    American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
    synonyms: Coragyps atratus, carrion crow
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    type of:
    New World vulture, cathartid
    large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
  2. noun
    of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
    synonyms: Aegypius monachus
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    type of:
    Old World vulture
    any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
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