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FAMILY CATHARTIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
Synonyms:
Cathartidae; family Cathartidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cathartidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "family Cathartidae"):
cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)
Cathartes; genus Cathartes (type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures)
genus Vultur; Vultur (a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor)
genus Gymnogyps; Gymnogyps (containing solely the California condor)
Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)
genus Sarcorhamphus; Sarcorhamphus (usually containing only the king vulture)
Holonyms ("family Cathartidae" is a member of...):
Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)
