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Definition of condor in English: condornoun ˈkɒndɔː A very large New World vulture with a bare head and mainly black plumage, living in mountainous country and spending much time soaring on massive outstretched wings. Two species in the family Cathartidae: the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) of South America, and the California (or Californian) condor (Gymnogyps californianus), which is probably extinct in the wild Example sentencesExamples - The central view port was replaced with an image of a gleaming advanced enemy attack force whose formation had a wide span like the wings of a condor.
- You need to do the surrogate stuff that they do with condors, for example.
- One of the condors perched in a pine atop Cable Mountain and just sat there for the better part of a half hour.
- ‘Yes, the condors used to nest in all these crags here above our village, but not anymore’ is a comment we hear again and again.
- The lead found in captive condors and released condors with low levels in their blood had isotope ratios similar to lead found in dead livestock and wildlife that had not been killed by hunters.
- Captive condors do breed successfully in captivity.
- For instance, on August 15, 2003, biologists observed a baby condor, estimated at 15 to 16 weeks old, in a remote cave in the Grand Canyon.
- Millions of dollars have been spent on condors, and a variety of groups have worked hard to get the birds to breed in captivity and to develop techniques for introducing captive-raised birds to the wild.
- One place the condors still soar is Peru's Colca Canyon, a gorge twice as deep as Arizona's Grand Canyon.
- A backdrop of mountains and glaciers, and condors soaring high overhead, make this the perfect antidote to the bustle of every day life.
- Not until age six will a young condor molt its brown feathers and grow the black-and-white plumage of adults.
- In this photo she is helping to exercise the condor's wing.
- Our requests were answered almost immediately as a condor soared magnificently over our heads at the second pass.
- On some occasions, when there is food, I have succeeded in observing 24 condors together.
- One of the recovery program's goals is to have 200 condors soaring in the wild.
- The condors will succeed to the extent their new culture allows.
- As an ornithologist, I would be the very last person to begrudge money for the condor; I would merely like to see money for human languages as well.
- All condors belong to the same order as the vulture.
- We in San Diego go through Herculean efforts to shield our condors from human contact.
- Biologists, zoo officials, and condors are all learning by trial and error.
Origin Early 17th century: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur. Definition of condor in US English: condornoun A large New World vulture with a bare head and mainly black plumage, living in mountainous country and spending much time soaring. Two species in the family Cathartidae: the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) of South America, and the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), which is close to extinction in the wild Example sentencesExamples - You need to do the surrogate stuff that they do with condors, for example.
- In this photo she is helping to exercise the condor's wing.
- The central view port was replaced with an image of a gleaming advanced enemy attack force whose formation had a wide span like the wings of a condor.
- As an ornithologist, I would be the very last person to begrudge money for the condor; I would merely like to see money for human languages as well.
- The lead found in captive condors and released condors with low levels in their blood had isotope ratios similar to lead found in dead livestock and wildlife that had not been killed by hunters.
- One of the condors perched in a pine atop Cable Mountain and just sat there for the better part of a half hour.
- All condors belong to the same order as the vulture.
- Captive condors do breed successfully in captivity.
- ‘Yes, the condors used to nest in all these crags here above our village, but not anymore’ is a comment we hear again and again.
- Biologists, zoo officials, and condors are all learning by trial and error.
- Millions of dollars have been spent on condors, and a variety of groups have worked hard to get the birds to breed in captivity and to develop techniques for introducing captive-raised birds to the wild.
- A backdrop of mountains and glaciers, and condors soaring high overhead, make this the perfect antidote to the bustle of every day life.
- One place the condors still soar is Peru's Colca Canyon, a gorge twice as deep as Arizona's Grand Canyon.
- We in San Diego go through Herculean efforts to shield our condors from human contact.
- On some occasions, when there is food, I have succeeded in observing 24 condors together.
- One of the recovery program's goals is to have 200 condors soaring in the wild.
- Our requests were answered almost immediately as a condor soared magnificently over our heads at the second pass.
- Not until age six will a young condor molt its brown feathers and grow the black-and-white plumage of adults.
- For instance, on August 15, 2003, biologists observed a baby condor, estimated at 15 to 16 weeks old, in a remote cave in the Grand Canyon.
- The condors will succeed to the extent their new culture allows.
Origin Early 17th century: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur. |