turkey buzzard
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of turkey buzzard
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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The site today is in an empty meadow where the wind blows off the river and the shadows of soaring turkey buzzards drift over the landscape.
From Washington Post
Sign you really have bad breath: The turkey buzzard next to you edges away.
From Washington Post
I paused to swig some of the liter-plus water I’d brought, and to appreciate the breeze, while turkey buzzards the color of char rode the cool updraft over the lake.
From New York Times
Three days later, like turkey buzzards settling on a corpse, the reporters came.
From Literature
He threw a rock at the turkey buzzard.
From Literature
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