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black vulture

Definition of black vulture

noun

  • 1a very large Old World vulture with blackish-brown plumage, now rare in Europe. Also called cinereous vulture.
    • Aygypius monachus, family Accipitridae
  • 2a New World vulture with black plumage and a bare black head.
    • Coragyps atratus, family Cathartidae

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