condor
/ˈkɒndɔː(r)/noun
1- 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。
1.1
- 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。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Spanish cóndor, from Quechua kuntur.