| Noun | 1. | cathartid - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vulturesvulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion condor - largest flying birds in the western hemisphere king vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa - large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck | |