KING VULTURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck

Synonyms:

king vulture; Sarcorhamphus papa

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("king vulture" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("king vulture" is a member of...):

genus Sarcorhamphus; Sarcorhamphus (usually containing only the king vulture)

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