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VULTUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vultur mean?
• VULTUR (noun)
The noun VULTUR has 1 sense:
1. a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor
Familiarity information: VULTUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vultur; Vultur
Hypernyms ("Vultur" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Vultur"):
Andean condor; Vultur gryphus (large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff)
Holonyms ("Vultur" is a member of...):
Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)
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