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ZOPILOTE
Etymology
Noun
zopilote (plural zopilotes)
A New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
Source: Wiktionary
Zo"pi*lote, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The urubu, or American black vulture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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