turkey vulture

turkey vulture

noun
a blackish-brown vulture, Cathartes aura, from the southern U.S. to South America, having a bare, wrinkled, red head and neck.
Also called turkey buzzard.


Origin:
1815–25, Americanism
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Turkey vulture is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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turkey buzzard or turkey vulture
 
n
a New World vulture, Cathartes aura, having a dark plumage and naked red head
 
turkey vulture or turkey vulture
 
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