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Meanings of coragyps atratus in English

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.

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Examples for "black vulture"
Examples for "black vulture"
1
The other two-theblack vulture and the turkey-buzzard-aremonopolistsin their peculiar line.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
2
The turkey-buzzard is, upon the whole, a nobler bird than the black vulture.
The Boy Hunters
3
A dead cayman floated down-stream, with a black vulture devouring it.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
4
So, too, will the black vulture, but not so frequently.
The Boy Hunters
5
The bird is a black vulture- azopiloté
The Lone Ranche
1
Jeffrey, set those carrion crow in front of you, and watch them well.
The Lady of Blossholme
2
But you do occasionally find a carrion crow among the eagles.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
The carrion crow leapt into the air, then flew up into the pines.
Chaosbound
4
A carrion crow flew to a rock between us and the water's edge.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
5
It was a haunt of the cuckoo and peewit, the bunting and carrion crow.
The Spinners