turkey buzzard

English Thesaurus

1. a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cathartid, new world vulture,
definition	:	large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cathartes, genus cathartes,
definition	:	type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures (noun.animal)