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Noun: carrion crow  ker-ee-un krow [N. Amer], ka-ree-un krow [Brit]
  1. 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