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king vulture
noun
- a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of king vulture1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
Monarch of the feathered tribes of the forest, the king vulture fears no rival throughout his wild domain.
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The king vulture makes his nest in the hollow of a tree, where his queen lays two eggs.
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The king vulture (Dresden 8a), the dog (Dresden 7a), and the parrot (Dresden 40b) come next in descending importance.
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Two species only seem to occur in the writings, the king vulture and the black vulture.
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In the Nuttall Codex, the head of the king vulture occurs repeatedly as a glyph for this day.
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