old-world in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers.
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In its many variations of form it has an extremely wide distribution in the northern hemisphere of the Old World, occurring mostly in saltish soils.
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The legs are short and powerful, and lack the spurs of many Old World galliforms.
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They were formerly placed in the wastebin Old World warbler family.
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The Old World forms were gradually driven southward, perhaps by changes of climate, and having become isolated, they have undergone further special modifications.
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Droving stock to market, usually on foot and often with the aid of dogs, has a very long history in the Old World.
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Like the pratincoles, the coursers are found in warmer parts of the Old World.
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We wanted to give it an old world feel, with the book and everything.
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It shares this receptor with the prototypic Old World arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.
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It was formerly included in the Old World warbler assemblage.
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