Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Spanish-American name of an American vulture of either of the genera Cathartes and Catharista, as the turkey-buzzard, Cathartes aura, or the carrion-crow, Catharista atrata.
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Examples
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On the other hand, besides the experiments of Audubon and that one by myself, Mr. Bachman has tried in the United States many varied plans, showing that neither the turkey-buzzard (the species dissected by Professor Owen) nor the gallinazo find their food by smell.
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On the other hand, besides the experiments of Audubon and that one by myself, Mr. Bachman has tried in the United States many varied plans, showing that neither the turkey-buzzard (the species dissected by Professor Owen) nor the gallinazo find their food by smell.
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From these facts, the condor, like the gallinazo must to a certain degree be considered as a gregarious bird.
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From these facts, the condor, like the gallinazo must to a certain degree be considered as a gregarious bird.
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On the other hand, besides the experiments of Audubon and that one by myself, Mr. Bachman has tried in the United States many varied plans, showing that neither the turkey-buzzard (the species dissected by Professor Owen) nor the gallinazo find their food by smell.
Chapter IX 1909
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From these facts, the condor, like the gallinazo, must to a certain degree be considered as a gregarious bird.
Chapter IX 1909
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"Good-bye, old ship," he exclaimed, as he headed his craft toward the west -- the direction in which the gallinazo had flown and in which he judged land must lie.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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Heaven knows what we might have become in that tiny plantation, for I was sick of life, and the mosquitos and flying ants, and the chattering parroquets, the grim gallinazo, and the quatre, or native bed -- a wooden frame and canvas; but one day at Kingston I met a man, one Cassandro Biatt, who had an obsession for adventure, and he spoke to me privately.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Heaven knows what we might have become in that tiny plantation, for I was sick of life, and the mosquitos and flying ants, and the chattering parroquets, the grim gallinazo, and the quatre, or native bed -- a wooden frame and canvas; but one day at Kingston I met a man, one Cassandro Biatt, who had an obsession for adventure, and he spoke to me privately.
No Defense, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Heaven knows what we might have become in that tiny plantation, for I was sick of life, and the mosquitos and flying ants, and the chattering parroquets, the grim gallinazo, and the quatre, or native bed -- a wooden frame and canvas; but one day at Kingston I met a man, one Cassandro Biatt, who had an obsession for adventure, and he spoke to me privately.
No Defense, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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