Definition of Genus cathartes

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures.

Exact synonyms: Cathartes
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Cathartidae, Family Cathartidae
Member holonyms: Buzzard, Cathartes Aura, Turkey Buzzard, Turkey Vulture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cathartes

genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina
genus Casuarius
genus Catacala
genus Catalpa
genus Catananche
genus Catasetum
genus Catha
genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus
genus Celosia

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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