black vulture

1. 1.

   American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

   Synonymscarrion crowCoragyps atratus

   BroaderNew World vulture

   Part ofCoragyps
2. 2.

   of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

   SynonymsAegypius monachus

   BroaderOld World vulture

   Part ofAegypius

Questions about black vulture

What does black vulture mean?

black vulture means "American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black vulture?

Close synonyms include carrion crow, Coragyps atratus, Aegypius monachus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black vulture a common word?

black vulture is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.