turkey buzzard

noun

turkey buzzard

a New World vulture, Cathartes aura , having a dark plumage and naked red head

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

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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