condor
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈkɒndɔr/
- US
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cóndor
- The California condor is famous for its impressive wingspan, soaring high above the mountains.
- California condor
- Andean condors
- condor release
Dude, this Condor was the size of a plane.
- Dude, this Condor was the size of a plane.
Examples
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Another remaining uncertainty is whether the released condors will mate and reproduce in the wild.
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Five parent-raised condors that were released at Ventana in 1998 all remain in the wild.
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Do you believe the Condor is really an endangered species?
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The tragedy also suggested one reason for the continued decline in condor numbers even after their habitat was protected.
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Even saw some condors and a sea lion in the river.
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The last wild California condor was captured and brought into captivity in 1987.
Academic text (1999) -
Whatever the reasons, by the late 1970s, the condors' numbers had shrunk to a mere 25-30.
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With a nine-and-one-half-foot wingspan, condors can soar almost effortlessly for hours over hundreds of square miles a day.
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Conservationists are working hard to protect the endangered condor from extinction.
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Visitors to the park were thrilled to see a condor nesting in a cliffside ledge.
Compounds
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7.4
A large endangered vulture that lives in western North America with black feathers and white patches under its wings
A very large vulture with black feathers and a white neck ruff that lives in the high Andes
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Condor comes from the Quechua word 'kuntur', which people in the Andes used for the great mountain bird. So, condor still means the very large vulture that lives in those mountains.