condor

[ kon-der, -dawr ]

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noun

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.
a former coin of Chile equal to 10 pesos.
a former coin of Ecuador equal to 10 sucres.

condor

/ ˈkɒndɔː /

either of two very large rare New World vultures, Vultur gryphus ( Andean condor ), which has black plumage with white around the neck, and Gymnogyps californianus ( California condor ), which is similar but nearly extinct

Origin of condor¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from South American Spanish, from Quechua kuntur

Origin of condor¹

C17: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechuan kuntur

Since the incident, she has only posted a picture of a giant Condor mid-flight.

The foam and the fangs and the flowers,The raving and ravenous rage Of a poet as pinion'd in powersAs a condor confined in a cage!

A curious method of capturing the condor alive is practised in the province of Abancay.

Some old travellers, Ulloa among others, have affirmed that the plumage of the condor is invulnerable to a musket-ball.

I had a condor, which, when he first came into my possession, was very young.

And they talked it all over, where they'd been and everything, all about the Condor and the savages and the Moon.

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