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VULTUR GRYPHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vultur gryphus mean?
• VULTUR GRYPHUS (noun)
The noun VULTUR GRYPHUS has 1 sense:
1. large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
Familiarity information: VULTUR GRYPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Andean condor; Vultur gryphus
Hypernyms ("Vultur gryphus" is a kind of...):
condor (the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere)
Holonyms ("Vultur gryphus" is a member of...):
genus Vultur; Vultur (a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor)
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