Vultur


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Noun1.Vultur - a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condorVultur - a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor
genus Vultur
bird genus - a genus of birds
Cathartidae, family Cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
Andean condor, Vultur gryphus - large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
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The turkey-buzzard (vultur aura, or golden vulture), when on the wing, is one of the most specious and imposing of birds.
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We have now only to mention the turkey-buzzard (Vultur aura), and the Gallinazo.
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MIRCEA VULTUR est professeur titulaire de sociologie a I'lnstitut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), au Centre Urbanisation Culture et Societe.
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Vultures are the most successful scavengers and they dispose of carcasses and other organic wastes, providing a free of cost and very effective sanitation services in the natural ecosystems.
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(19.) Mercure, Vultur et Fleury, Valeurs et attitudes des jeunes travailleurs, 177-198; David Peetz, << L'individualisme tue-t-il le collectivisme?
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(57.) Roesch A, Fukunaga-Kalabis M, Schmidt EC, Zabierowski SE, Brafford PA, Vultur A, et al.
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