cathartiform

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|paleontology}} A bird in the [[order]] {{taxlink|Cathartiformes|superfamily|wplink=0}}, which contains the [[New World vulture]]s in the family [[Cathartidae]] and their [[extinct]] relatives in the [[family]] {{taxlink|Teratornithidae|family}} (though many [[taxonomist]]s [[classify]] them in the [[order]] {{taxfmt|Accipitriformes|order}} instead).

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