- genus Vultur
- nouna bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor• Syn: ↑Vultur• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cathartidae, ↑family Cathartidae• Member Meronyms: ↑Andean condor, ↑Vultur gryphus
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genus Vultur
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Vultur — noun a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor • Syn: ↑genus Vultur • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cathartidae, ↑family Cathartidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Vultur gryphus — noun large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff • Syn: ↑Andean condor • Hypernyms: ↑condor • Member Holonyms: ↑Vultur, ↑genus Vultur … Useful english dictionary
VULTUR — a volatu Latinis, uti vult Becmannus in Origg. L. L. qui qualis sit, vide supra ubi de avium Volatu: an a vultu, quod perspicacissimus? Graecis γὺψ, item αἰγυπιὸς, quô nomine tamen proprie vultur niger venit, quem Hebr. daja appellant, ut videre… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Andean Condor — Vultur redirects here. For the birds known as vultures, see Vulture. For Vâltori village, called Vultur in Hungarian, see Zlatna. Andean Condor Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent … Wikipedia
New World vulture — New World vultures Turkey Vulture Scientific classification … Wikipedia
List of fossil birds — Birds are generally believed to have evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that some of the former survived the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction event… … Wikipedia
Cathartidae — noun condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures • Syn: ↑family Cathartidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Falconiformes, ↑order Falconiformes • Member Mero … Useful english dictionary
family Cathartidae — noun condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures • Syn: ↑Cathartidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Falconiformes, ↑order Falconiformes • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Andean condor — noun large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff • Syn: ↑Vultur gryphus • Hypernyms: ↑condor • Member Holonyms: ↑Vultur, ↑genus Vultur … Useful english dictionary
