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Definition: Catharista atrata
Urubu
\U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian
bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
The black vulture (
Catharista atrata). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See
Vulture.
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Vulture
\Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF.
voltour, F. vautour.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur,
Cathartes,
Catharista, and various other genera
of the family
Vulturid[ae].
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Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or
nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor,
king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture
(
Catharista atrata) are well known American species.
The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh's chicken, or
Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures.
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