condor
IPA: kˈɑndɝ
noun
- Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
- A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.
- An Argentinian short range ballistic missile.
- (golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).
- (finance) A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.
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Examples of "condor" in Sentences
- And I duplicated the giant condor, which is 440 feet long.
- So far as known the condor is the largest of modern birds.
- The mother, dubbed condor 317, was released in the park in 2004.
- The condor is a true vulture, gorging itself on dead and putrid carcasses.
- Dann brings up a good point, is lead still acceptable at ranges in condor country?
- It seems to be very unfair on the bull, as he is fighting blind, and can´t really get at the condor, which is behind him.
- So, maybe there is something to lead poisoning from ingesting lead, I have no argument with that, but the small amount a condor might be able to pick up from a few dozen gut piles, and dying from it, is a bit far fetched.
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