Associations to the word «Cathartidae»

Wiktionary

CATHARTIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Accipitriformes   — New World vultures.

Dictionary definition

CATHARTIDAE, noun. Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats