Definition of "condor" [con•dor]

• Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California, having a bare head and neck and dull black plumage containing variable amounts of white. With a wingspan of about three meters (ten feet), they are the largest birds in the Western Hemisphere. (noun)
• A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures. (noun)

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• "Dann brings up a good point, is lead still acceptable at ranges in condor country?"
• "So, maybe there is something to lead poisoning from ingesting lead, I have no argument with that, but the small amount a condor might be able to pick up from a few dozen gut piles, and dying from it, is a bit far fetched."
• "And I duplicated the giant condor, which is 440 feet long."