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neophron|ˈniːəʊfrɒn|
[L. Neophron (a. Gr. νεόϕρων), the name of a man transformed into a vulture in the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis: adopted as a generic name by Savigny.]
The white Egyptian vulture, or a vulture belonging to the same genus.
1833Selby Illustr. Brit. Ornith. (ed. 2) 4 Egyptian Neophron. 1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 165 The Neophrons..have a long and slender beak. Ibid. 166 The White Neophron. 1848Zoologist VI. 1959 A tame neophron, kept at the public slaughter-house at Malaga. |