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Definition of Sarcorhamphus

1. Noun. Usually containing only the king vulture.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcorhamphus

Literary usage of Sarcorhamphus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"CONDOR (Sarcorhamphus GRYPHUS), CHAPTER IX Santa Cruz—Expedition up the River—Indians—Immense streams of basaltic lava— Fragments not transported by the ..."

2. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala by Geologiska institutionen, Mineralogisk-geologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet (1901)
"Tarso-metatarsus of the recent Condor (Sarcorhamphus ... Tarso-metatarsus of the- fossil Condor (Sarcorhamphus pa- truus) from Tarija, Bolivia. ..."

3. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"Amongst the American species we may notice the famous Condor (Sarcorhamphus gry- phm], atout which so many wonderful stories were told by the older writers. ..."

4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"CONDOR (Sarcorhamphus GRYPHUS), CHAPTER IX Santa Cruz—Expedition up the River—Indians—Immense streams of basaltic lava— Fragments not transported by the ..."

5. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala by Geologiska institutionen, Mineralogisk-geologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet (1901)
"Tarso-metatarsus of the recent Condor (Sarcorhamphus ... Tarso-metatarsus of the- fossil Condor (Sarcorhamphus pa- truus) from Tarija, Bolivia. ..."

6. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"Amongst the American species we may notice the famous Condor (Sarcorhamphus gry- phm], atout which so many wonderful stories were told by the older writers. ..."

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