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Definition of Cathartidae
1. Noun. Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures.
Exact synonyms: Family Cathartidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Falconiformes, Order Falconiformes
Member holonyms: Cathartid, New World Vulture, Cathartes, Genus Cathartes, Genus Vultur, Vultur, Genus Gymnogyps, Gymnogyps, Coragyps, Genus Coragyps, Genus Sarcorhamphus, Sarcorhamphus
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Falconiformes, Order Falconiformes
Member holonyms: Cathartid, New World Vulture, Cathartes, Genus Cathartes, Genus Vultur, Vultur, Genus Gymnogyps, Gymnogyps, Coragyps, Genus Coragyps, Genus Sarcorhamphus, Sarcorhamphus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathartidae
Literary usage of Cathartidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family Cathartidae Vultures are peculiarly formed birds of prey, having a bare
head and neck, a lengthened bill strongly hooked at the end for tearing flesh ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Structurally, the Cathartidae are of great interest, and the anatomy of those
peculiar terrestrial scavengers must be still better known to us than it is, ..."
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