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Definition of Black vulture

1. Noun. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.

Definition of Black vulture

1. Noun. (zoology) An American vulture species, ''Coragyps atratus'', with black plumage. ¹

2. Noun. A north African and Eurasian vulture species, ''Aegypius monachus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Vulture

Literary usage of Black vulture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"H. BROWNING, New York, NY black vulture in Massachusetts.— A female Black Vulture (Catha- rista urubu) was shot by Archer L. Pierce, Aug. ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... the iris yellowish, the feet flesh-coloured. The plumage is nearly of the same colour as in the adult. black vulture, OR CARRION CROW. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The black vulture, (V.atratus, Bartram. V. urubu, Vieil. Wilson, Amer. Orn. F. 75, f. 2.) Iridescent, with black neck; more feathers above than below; ..."

4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Nor is he always extravagant. His simpler verses, though not in his most familiar vein, are among his best. THE black vulture Aloof upon the day's ..."

5. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Nor is he always extravagant. His simpler verses, though not in his most familiar vein, are among his best. THE black vulture Aloof upon the day's ..."

6. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"It is difficult to assign any single characteristic to the figures representing the black vulture (Maya, (com) other than the long raptorial beak. ..."

7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"H. BROWNING, New York, NY black vulture in Massachusetts.— A female Black Vulture (Catha- rista urubu) was shot by Archer L. Pierce, Aug. ..."

8. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... the iris yellowish, the feet flesh-coloured. The plumage is nearly of the same colour as in the adult. black vulture, OR CARRION CROW. ..."

9. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The black vulture, (V.atratus, Bartram. V. urubu, Vieil. Wilson, Amer. Orn. F. 75, f. 2.) Iridescent, with black neck; more feathers above than below; ..."

10. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Nor is he always extravagant. His simpler verses, though not in his most familiar vein, are among his best. THE black vulture Aloof upon the day's ..."

11. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Nor is he always extravagant. His simpler verses, though not in his most familiar vein, are among his best. THE black vulture Aloof upon the day's ..."

12. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"It is difficult to assign any single characteristic to the figures representing the black vulture (Maya, (com) other than the long raptorial beak. ..."

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