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Noun: turkey vulture  'tur-kee'vúl-chu(r)
  1. A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
    "Turkey vultures circled high above the desert";
    - buzzard [N. Amer], turkey buzzard, Cathartes aura

Derived forms: turkey vultures

Type of: cathartid, New World vulture

Part of: Cathartes, genus Cathartes

Encyclopedia: Turkey vulture