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turkey buzzard

American  
turkey buzzard British  

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

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

His advice to Professor Bell was to forget about his kites and other artificial devices, and to study the turkey buzzard, which knows more about flying than all the colleges on earth.

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

And temper, say, he's gettin' as red in the face as a turkey buzzard, struttin' around with a chip on its wing, ready for a fight.

From The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert

He was so intently watching an old turkey buzzard hanging in the air, he never heard the call that meant it was time for us to be home and cleaning up for Sunday.

From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene

W'ich so 'tis call 'cause she usen to roos' up dar, jes' like ole turkey buzzard.

From For Woman's Love by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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