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Definition of New World vulture
1. Noun. Large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures.
Generic synonyms: Vulture
Group relationships: Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Specialized synonyms: Buzzard, Cathartes Aura, Turkey Buzzard, Turkey Vulture, Condor, Black Vulture, Carrion Crow, Coragyps Atratus, King Vulture, Sarcorhamphus Papa
Definition of New World vulture
1. Noun. Any of the large scavenging birds in the family Cathartidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of New World Vulture
Literary usage of New World vulture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Illustrated Book of Facts: A Comprehensive Survey of the World by Harry Thurston Peck, Auld, Robert Campbell McCombie (1912)
"A famous bird of prey of two distinctive groups; that of the Old World, which
has the nostrils divided by a mass of bone, and the New World vulture, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... a New World vulture, and the largest of existing birds, although by no means
attaining the dimensions attributed to it by early writers. ..."
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