noun
large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
• Syn: ↑Sarcorhamphus papa
• Hypernyms: ↑New World vulture, ↑cathartid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcorhamphus, ↑genus Sarcorhamphus
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noun : a large vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) ranging from Mexico to Paraguay that is creamy white in color with wings, rump, and tail black and the carunculate head and the neck colored scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue
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a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
[1880-85]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.