condor

[ kon-der, -dawr ]

noun

1. 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.
2. a former coin of Chile equal to 10 pesos.
3. a former coin of Ecuador equal to 10 sucres.

condor

/ ˈkɒndɔː /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of condor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of condor¹

C17: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechuan kuntur

Example Sentences

After a few bold condors returned from roosting on nearby trees to her roof on Wednesday morning, she gave them a “morning shower” with a hose, she said.

From Washington Post

On Monday, however, she arrived home to find that a massive flock of the condors had descended upon — and trashed — her own property.

From Washington Post

In the 1990s, so few adult condors had ever existed in the wild that juveniles struggled to learn how they should act in their native mountain terrain, Fry said.

From Washington Post

At Smithsonian’s National Zoo, you can see pandas, cheetah cubs and others, and the San Diego Zoo shows off koalas, condors, tigers, platypuses and more.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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!

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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