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Definition of Genus Cathartes
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Member holonyms: Buzzard, Cathartes Aura, Turkey Buzzard, Turkey Vulture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cathartes
Literary usage of Genus Cathartes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"genus Cathartes, 111. Nostrils naked, longitudinal. ... Under the genus Cathartes
Mr. Swainson arranges the following subgenera :— Subgenus Cathartes, 111. ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... south to northern Lower California; casual north to southern Oregon and east
to Arizona; formerly north to Columbia River. genus Cathartes ILLIGER. ..."
3. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1918)
"genus Cathartes Illiger. 1. CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS. Wied. 325. Turkey Vulture.
Turkey Buzzard. Buzzard. Field Characters.—A large blackish bird with ..."
4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"genus Cathartes, (Illiger, 1811.) 1. C. aura, (Linn., 1766, Illiger, 1811,) turkey
vulture. Resident, common in summer ; rare in winter ; carnivorous ; with ..."
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