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zopilote

zopilote noun: a New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).

Noun

zopilote (plural zopilotes)

  1. A New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
    • I was laying absolutely still in the cab of the wrecked truck —I had the crazy idea that if I did not move, I would bleed less—and I looked out of the hole where the windshield had been and saw a zopilote perched on the hood of the truck.2016, Lawrence Swaim, Dangerous Pilgrims

Forms of zopilote

pluralzopilotes

Origin of zopilote

Borrowed from Spanish zopilote, from Classical Nahuatl tzopīlōtl.

Questions about zopilote

What does zopilote mean?
Zopilote means a New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
What part of speech is zopilote?
Zopilote is a noun.
What is the plural of zopilote?
The plural of zopilote is zopilotes.

Words near zopilote in the dictionary

  1. Zoph
  2. Zophei
  3. zopherid
  4. zopherids
  5. zopiclone
  6. zopilote
  7. zopilotes
  8. zopissa
  9. zopolrestat
  10. zoppo
  11. Zoque

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