turkey buzzard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of turkey buzzard
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Sign you really have bad breath: The turkey buzzard next to you edges away.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018
A turkey buzzard was lazily circling cloud-high above me: a frog boomed intermittently from the little marsh, and there were bees at work in the blossoms.
From Adventures in Contentment by Grayson, David
The clouds that had obscured the sky all day formed darker masses tinted with pink to the east, and the black dot of a turkey buzzard wheeled soaring in the gloom.
From Thy Rocks and Rills by Gilbert, Robert E.
He looked for all the world like a turkey buzzard, eagerly hanging over offal, and it was evident from his expression, that he had not missed a word of the reading.
From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard
A turkey buzzard weighing 5.6 pounds had a little less than one square foot of wing surface to each pound.
From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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