condor
condor
noun
noun
- 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
（南美产的）神鹰；兀鹰，秃鹫 - Two species in the family Cathartidae: the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) of South America, and the California 或 Californian condor (Gymnogyps californianus), which is probably extinct in the wild
美洲鹫科，2种：南美洲的安第斯神鹫（拉丁名Vultur gryphus），和加州神鹫（拉丁名Gymnogyps californianus），其野生者可能已灭绝
- early 17th cent.: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur
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