Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'DOR, n.

The largest species of, fowl hitherto discovered; a native of South America. Some naturalists class it with the vultur; others, with the eagle. The wings of the largest, when expanded, are said to extend 15 or 18 feet; and the fowl has strength to bear off a calf or a deer. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.