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condors

[kon-der, -dawr] Origin

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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condor
1604, from Amer.Sp., from Quechua cuntur, the native name for the bird.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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