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‖ zopilote|ˈzəʊpɪləʊt|
Also -ot.
[Sp., a. Mexican azopilotl.]
A vulture of the family Cathartidæ, esp. the American carrion vulture or turkey-buzzard, Cathartes aura.
1787Cullen tr. Clavigero's Mexico I. 47 The Zopilots, known in South America by the name of Gallinazzi;..There are two very different species..; the one, the Zopilote properly so called, the other called the Cozcaquauhtli. 1850Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers II. xxx. 278 The Eagle's cliff was black with zopilotes. 1862J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. II. 17 When in search of food, the Zopilote ascends to a vast height in the air. |