A bird of prey reputed to break bones by dropping them from a great height (usually identified with the lammergeier or bearded vulture, Gypaetus bar…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Neophron > species percnopterus (Egyptian vulture) (7) ossifrage1572 A bird of prey reputed to break bones by dropping them from a great height (usually identified with the lammergeier or bearded vulture, Gypaetus bar… geir-eagle1611 (= German geier-adler), used in the Bible of 1611 to render Hebrew rāhām, supposed to be the Neophron percnopterus, a species of vulture. Pharaoh's hen1757 = Pharaoh's chicken n. Maltese vulture1781 the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus. Pharaoh's chicken1799 the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus. neophron1833 Any of several relatively small vultures now or formerly included in the genus Neophron, spec. the Egyptian vulture, N. percnopterus (now the only… scavenger-vulture1885 (see quot. 1885). |
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