单词 | cathartid |
释义 | cathartid (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY cathartid n large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures Syn|Hypo|Hyper New World vulture Cathartes aura, buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States condorthe largest flying birds in the western hemisphere Coragyps atratus, black vulture, carrion crowAmerican vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard Sarcorhamphus papa, king vulturelarge black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck Andean condor, Vultur gryphuslarge vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff California condor, Gymnogyps californianusNorth American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct vulture any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
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