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‖ urubu|uːruːˈbuː|
[a. Brazilian (Tupi) urubú.]
The black vulture Cathartes foetens or atrata, native to the southern United States and South America.
a1672Willughby Ornith. (1676) 68 The Brasil Vulture called Urubu. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. App. s.v. Vultur, The Brasilian, white-legged vultur, called by some authors urubu and aura. In size it is equal to the common kite. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 119 The Urubu or carrion crow of the south. 1870Gillmore tr. Figuier's Reptiles & Birds 604 In these countries the Urubus perform the whole duty of cleansing the public streets from all kinds of filth and garbage. 1884F. Whymper in Girl's Own Paper 28 June 613/1 Note..hard by, the sociable vulture,..the urubu of South America.
Add:2. With cap. initial. a. (A member of) a South American Indian people inhabiting parts of north-eastern Brazil, known esp. for their feather-work art.b. The Tupi-Guarani language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1948C. Nimuendajú in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians III. 135 The Guajá..stole from the plantations of the Tembé, Guajajara, and Urubú. Ibid. 136 Some Guajá bows and arrows were procured in 1913 by a punitive expedition against the then hostile Urubú Indians. 1956F. Huxley Affable Savages v. 58 They dislike being called Urubu, which means vulture, a name first put on them by the Tembés... The name seems to come from the Urubu war-cry, ‘Uruhu ne u!’ ‘Vultures eat you!’ Ibid. 65 Formal manners, feather ornaments, paint: these not only mark the Urubus as being caápor-té, true Indians, but are signs of an ideal they are constantly trying to realise. 1973E. Brooks et al. Tribes of Amazon Basin in Brazil ii. 90 We reluctantly had to forego this visit to the Urubu. 1983[see Xavante n.]. |