Noun: carrion crow ker-ee-un krow [N. Amer], ka-ree-un krow [Brit]
- American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
"The carrion crow circled above the desert";
- black vulture, Coragyps atratus
Derived forms: carrion crows
Type of: cathartid, New World vulture
Part of: Coragyps, genus Coragyps
Encyclopedia: Carrion crow