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Noun: turkey buzzard  'tur-kee'bú-zu(r)d
  1. A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
    - buzzard [N. Amer], turkey vulture, Cathartes aura

Derived forms: turkey buzzards

Type of: cathartid, New World vulture

Part of: Cathartes, genus Cathartes

Encyclopedia: Turkey buzzard