cathartid

Other forms of cathartid

plural

cathartids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cathartid

What does cathartid mean?

cathartid means "large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures".

How many syllables are in cathartid?

cathartid has 3 syllables: ca-thar-tid. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for cathartid?

Close synonyms include New World vulture. 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 cathartid a common word?

cathartid 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.