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Cathartes

noun
Ca·​thar·​tes | \ -t(ˌ)ēz\

Definition of Cathartes

: the type genus of Cathartidae comprising the New World turkey vultures and related extinct birds

History and Etymology for Cathartes

New Latin, from Greek kathartēs cleanser, from kathairein to clean

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