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condor
(kɒndɔːʳ)
Word forms: plural condors
countable noun
A condor is a large South American bird that eats the meat of dead animals.
condor in British English
(ˈkɒndɔː)
noun
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
Word origin
C17: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechuan kunturcondor in American English
(ˈkɑndər; ˈkɑndɔr; for 3 Spanish ˈkɔnˌdɔʀ)
noun
1.
a very large vulture (Vultur gryphus) of the South American Andes, with black plumage, bare head and neck, and a ruff of downy white feathers at the base of the neck
2.
a similar vulture (Gymnogyps californianus) of the mountains of S Calif.: it is an endangered species
3. Word forms: plural conˈdores (kɔnˈdɔʀɛs)
any of various South American coins stamped with the figure of a condor
Word origin
Sp cóndor < Quechuan cunturImage ofcondor
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British English: condor NOUN
A condor is a large South American bird that eats the meat of dead animals.
- American English: condor
- Brazilian Portuguese: condor
- Chinese: 秃鹰
- European Spanish: cóndor
- French: condor
- German: Kondor
- Italian: condor
- Japanese: コンドル
- Korean: 대머리 수리
- European Portuguese: condor
- Latin American Spanish: cóndor