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cathartiform

cathartiform noun: a bird in the order Cathartiformes, which contains the New World vultures in the family Cathartidae and their extinct relatives in the family Teratornithidae (though many taxonomists classify them in the order Accipitriformes instead).

Noun

cathartiform (plural cathartiforms)

  1. A bird in the order Cathartiformes, which contains the New World vultures in the family Cathartidae and their extinct relatives in the family Teratornithidae (though many taxonomists classify them in the order Accipitriformes instead).

Forms of cathartiform

pluralcathartiforms

Questions about cathartiform

What does cathartiform mean?
Cathartiform means a bird in the order Cathartiformes, which contains the New World vultures in the family Cathartidae and their extinct relatives in the family Teratornithidae (though many taxonomists classify them in the order Accipitriformes instead).
What part of speech is cathartiform?
Cathartiform is a noun.
What is the plural of cathartiform?
The plural of cathartiform is cathartiforms.

Words near cathartiform in the dictionary

  1. cathartick
  2. catharticks
  3. cathartics
  4. cathartid
  5. cathartids
  6. cathartiform
  7. cathartiforms
  8. cathartin
  9. cathartine
  10. catharting
  11. catharts

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