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English Dictionary: condor by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
condor
n
  1. the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Condor \Con"dor\ (k[ocr]n"d[ocr]r; in defs. 2 & 3,
      k[osl]n"d[osl]r), n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The California vulture. [Local, U. S.]
  
      2. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and
            equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold,
            and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also {colon}.
  
      3. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is
            no longer coined.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Condor \Con"dor\, n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A very large bird of the Vulture family ({Sarcorhamphus
      gryphus}), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
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