CORAGYPS ATRATUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Synonyms:

black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a kind of...):

cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)

Holonyms ("Coragyps atratus" is a member of...):

Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)

Credits