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black vulture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
black- vul-ture
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage.

noun

A north African and Eurasian vulture species, Aegypius monachus.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

black vultures (plural)

Synonyms

American black vulture black buzzard Eurasian black vulture monk vulture cinereous vulture aegypius monachus carrion crow coragyps atratus

Questions

What does black vulture mean?
An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage.

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