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turkey buzzard
turkey buzzard
noun
- a New World vulture, Cathartes aura , having a dark plumage and naked red head
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turkey buzzard1
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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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.
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Sign you really have bad breath: The turkey buzzard next to you edges away.
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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.
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Three days later, like turkey buzzards settling on a corpse, the reporters came.
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He threw a rock at the turkey buzzard.
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