Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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 3 meters (10 feet), they are among the largest birds in the world.
- noun A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very large South American bird of prey, Sarcorhamphus gryphus, of the family Cathartidæ or American vultures, having the head and upper part of the neck naked and largely carunculate, an exposed ruff of downy white feathers round the neck, and the general plumage blackish, varied with much white in the wings.
- noun A South American gold coin. That of Ecuador and Colombia is worth $9.647; that of Chili, $9.123.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (
Sarcorhamphus gryphus ), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes. - noun (Zoöl.), Local, U. S. The California vulture (
Gymnogyps californianus ), also calledCalifornia condor . - noun A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also
colon . - noun A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Either of two
New World vultures , Vultur gryphus of theAndes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearlyextinct vulture of themountains ofCalifornia . - noun A
gold coin of someSouth American countries bearing thefigure of one of these vultures. - noun An
Argentinian short range ballistic missile . - noun golf In golf, four under par (quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dann brings up a good point, is lead still acceptable at ranges in condor country?
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Dann brings up a good point, is lead still acceptable at ranges in condor country?
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So, maybe there is something to lead poisoning from ingesting lead, I have no argument with that, but the small amount a condor might be able to pick up from a few dozen gut piles, and dying from it, is a bit far fetched.
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So, maybe there is something to lead poisoning from ingesting lead, I have no argument with that, but the small amount a condor might be able to pick up from a few dozen gut piles, and dying from it, is a bit far fetched.
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And I duplicated the giant condor, which is 440 feet long.
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So far as known the condor is the largest of modern birds.
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So far as known the condor is the largest of modern birds.
Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Octave Chanute 1871
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The condor is a true vulture, gorging itself on dead and putrid carcasses.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The mother, dubbed condor 317, was released in the park in 2004.
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It seems to be very unfair on the bull, as he is fighting blind, and can´t really get at the condor, which is behind him.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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In golf, finishing four strokes under par on a single hole is called a condor.
kottke.org Jason Kottke 2023
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