Andean condor

noun

An·​de·​an condor ˈan-(ˌ)dē-ən- How to pronounce Andean condor (audio)
an-ˈdē-ən-

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In Akron, Luca the juvenile Andean condor has spent time pecking at ice between sessions of ripping apart paper, an exercise meant to mimic the bird’s natural behavior of ripping apart carcasses. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024 Andean Travel Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, Colca is a dramatic gash in Southern Peru where Inca-built agricultural terraces line the hillsides, and shadows of Andean condors—with all nine feet of their wingspans—ripple across the landscape. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023 Engineers are finding new ways to make wind turbines more efficient by stealing design cues from one of the world’s heaviest aerial birds, the Andean condor. Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 An Andean condor has a wingspan of over 10 feet across but weighs only around 33 pounds — less than a tenth of a male reindeer. Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023 Emily Shepard of Swansea University in Britain and her colleagues studied flight performance in Andean condors, which at an average of 24 pounds are among the most massive soaring birds in the world. Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023 Like other Andean condors, Andy was a large black bird with white patches on his wings and a ruff of white feathers around his neck. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023 There, under a rock overhang, Andean condor poop had been collecting seemingly for hundreds years. Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 2 May 2023 During a stroll around the lodge, visitors can expect to spot iconic species like the puma, the llama-like guanaco, and even the Andean condor, the largest extant bird of prey—but there’s a lot more to encounter across the property than just wildlife. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023

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First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Andean condor was in 1854

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