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Turkey buzzard   /tˈərki bˈəzərd/   Listen
Turkey buzzard

noun
1.
A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States.  Synonyms: buzzard, Cathartes aura, turkey vulture.





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"Turkey buzzard" Quotes from Famous Books



... too. You ain' say your ma send you here widout no pocket rag to wipe your nose wid? You ma, she know better den to 'spect me to hunt rags for you. Come here en let me fasten up dat coat round de neck. You look like a turkey buzzard wid it gapin open dat way. Whe' Bertha Lee? It time both you been in dat road ...
— Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1 • Various
... where its friendly shadow gives him protection from the sun, fervid, though setting; while that of Walt Wilder is still projected to its full length upon the plain. Saying not another word, with the rifle across his shoulder and the turkey buzzard dangling down his thigh, he takes departure from the spot, striking eastward towards the high land dimly discernible ...
— The Lone Ranche • Captain Mayne Reid


Words linked to "Turkey buzzard" :   Cathartes, genus Cathartes, cathartid, Cathartes aura, New World vulture


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