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con⋅dor

  [kon-der, -dawr]
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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; < Sp < AmerSp < Quechua kuntur
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con·dor   (kŏn'dôr', -dər)   
n.  

  1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California, having a bare head and neck and dull black plumage containing variable amounts of white. With a wingspan of about three meters (ten feet), they are the largest birds in the Western Hemisphere.

  2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.


[Spanish cóndor, from Quechua cuntur.]
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condor 
1604, from Amer.Sp., from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the bird.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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