| 单词 | New World vulture |
| 释义 | New World vulture (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY New World vulture: New World vultures USAGE EXAMPLESBhak said the most recent common ancestor of Old World and New World vultures lived about 60 million years ago. Reuters(Oct 20, 2015) The two are members of a group called the New World vultures that also includes the huge California condor and Andean condor. Reuters(Nov 26, 2014) Fisher, H. I. 1946. Adaptations and comparative anatomy of the locomotor apparatus of New World vultures. Stallcup, William B., Myology and Serology of the Avian F...(2010) n large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures Syn|Hypo|Hyper cathartid Cathartes aura, buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States condorthe largest flying birds in the western hemisphere Coragyps atratus, black vulture, carrion crowAmerican vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard Sarcorhamphus papa, king vulturelarge black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck Andean condor, Vultur gryphuslarge vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff California condor, Gymnogyps californianusNorth American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct vulture any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
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