sarcoptid

[Pref.sarco-; Gr. kop to =to cut; suff, -id. Any species of the genus Sarcoptes. sar-co-rhăm-phi-næ, s. pl. [Mod. Latin sarcorhamph(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: American Vultures, New World Vultures, a sub-family of Vulturidae (q. v.), with four genera and nine species. ( Wallace.) The nostrils are perforated, the bony septum being absent. sar-cô-rhăm-phus, subst . [Pref. sarco- , and Gr. rhamphos=a beak.] Ornith.: Condor, the typical genus of the subfamily Sarcorhamphine (q.v.), with two species, latitude. Beak large and strong, with fleshy car from the Andes of South America, and below 41° S. uncles at base.