CONDOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The largest flying birds in the western hemisphere

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("condor" is a kind of...):

cathartid; New World vulture (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condor"):

Andean condor; Vultur gryphus (large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff)

California condor; Gymnogyps californianus (North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct)

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