carrion buzzard

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carrion buzzard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
     Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
     carrion.
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           A prey for carrion kites.                --Shak.
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     Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
        dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying  beetle
        . There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
        family Silphid[ae].
  
     Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
        species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
        Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
  
     Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
        which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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