Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vulture that feeds on carrion; especially, an American vulture of the family Cathartidæ: as, “condors, like other carrion-vultures,” Darwin.
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Examples
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I have before described the carrion-vulture of Polyborus.
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As M. d'Orbigny has remarked, the increase in numbers of the carrion-vulture, since the introduction of the domestic animals, must have been infinitely great; and we have given reasons for believing that they have extended their southern range.
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I have before described the carrion-vulture of Polyborus.
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As M. d'Orbigny has remarked, the increase in numbers of the carrion-vulture, since the introduction of the domestic animals, must have been infinitely great; and we have given reasons for believing that they have extended their southern range.
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As M. dOrbigny has remarked, the increase in numbers of the carrion-vulture, since the introduction of the domestic animals, must have been infinitely great; and we have given reasons for believing that they have extended their southern range.
Chapter VI 1909
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I have before described the carrion-vulture of Polyborus.
Chapter IX 1909
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I have before described the carrion-vulture of Polyborus.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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As M. d'Orbigny has remarked, the increase in numbers of the carrion-vulture, since the introduction of the domestic animals, must have been infinitely great; and we have given reasons for believing that they have extended their southern range.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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