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# condor

«condor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a condor, condors)

### meaning for a pupil

A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the California condor). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons the Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds, with wings over 3 metres across; it soars for hours on rising air without flapping. The California condor almost died out — fewer than 30 were left — and was saved by catching them all, breeding them and releasing their young. Condors are scavengers and eat dead animals. Phrases: «Andean condor», «California condor», «soar like a condor».

### examples

- The condor soared over the mountains without flapping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x1)
- An Andean condor's wings are wider than a tall man is high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x2)
- Condors eat dead animals, like other vultures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x3)
- The California condor was saved from extinction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x4)
- We saw a condor gliding high above the canyon in Peru. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x5)
- A condor can live for more than fifty years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/#x6)

### note

Plural «condors». Say KON-dor. Condors are New World vultures. The Andean condor is a national symbol in several South American countries.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «condor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.