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    FAMILY CATHARTIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Condors; turkey buzzards; king vulturesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cathartidae; family Cathartidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Cathartidae" is a kind of...):

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "family Cathartidae"):

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

    Cathartes; genus Cathartes (type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures)

    genus Vultur; Vultur (a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor)

    genus Gymnogyps; Gymnogyps (containing solely the California condor)

    Coragyps; genus Coragyps (a genus of Cathartidae)

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

    Holonyms ("family Cathartidae" is a member of...):

    Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)

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