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BLACK VULTURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

Synonyms:

Aegypius monachus; black vulture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)

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

Aegypius; genus Aegypius (a genus of Accipitridae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Synonyms:

black vulture; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)

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