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turkey buzzard

turkey buzzard

noun

  1. a New World vulture, Cathartes aura , having a dark plumage and naked red head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of turkey buzzard1

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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Example Sentences

Closely allied to the “turkey-buzzard” of the United States.

They had in their canoes quite a variety of game, and among them a large ill-smelling bird called a turkey-buzzard.

The children were interested in its appearance, as this was the first dead turkey-buzzard they had ever seen.

It is unpalatable to those Europeans who have never eaten a Turkey Buzzard.

Cows grazed in the river, and high above a turkey buzzard soared, gazing down to find death on the earth.

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