Condor



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 秃鹰; 神鹰
• ［英］ n. 秃鹰; 神鹰 ( type of large vulture)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur
• Date: 1604
• 1.
  • a. a very large American vulture (Vultur gryphus) of the high Andes having the head and neck bare and the plumage dull black with a downy white neck ruff and white patches on the wings — called also Andean condor
  • b. California condor
• 2. plural condors or condores a coin (as the centesimo of Chile) bearing the picture of a condor

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