Associations to the word «Cathartes»

Wiktionary

CATHARTES, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cathartidae   — New World vultures, the turkey vulture and the yellow-headed vulture.
CATHARTES AURA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cathartidae   — the turkey vulture.
CATHARTES BURROVIANUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cathartidae   — the lesser yellow-headed vulture.
CATHARTES MELAMBROTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Cathartidae   — the greater yellow-headed vulture.

Dictionary definition

CATHARTES, noun. Type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures.

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