California condor

California condor

noun
See under condor (def. 1).

Origin:
1825–35

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con·dor

[kon-der, -dawr]
noun
1.
either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor), the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
2.
a former coin of Chile equal to 10 pesos.
3.
a former coin of Ecuador equal to 10 sucres.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Spanish < American Spanish < Quechua kuntur
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california condor

noun
North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct 
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