单词 | egyptian vulture |
释义 | > as lemmasEgyptian vulture Egyptian vulture n. ΚΠ 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 13 Egyptian V[ulture]..is said to be of a rufous ash-colour, spotted with brown. 1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 825/2 Egyptian Vulture (P. leucocephalus)..also, from its abundance in Egypt, called ‘Pharaoh's chicken’. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 302/1 One of them [sc. Nephroninæ] is the so~called Egyptian Vulture or Pharaoh's Hen, Neophron percnopterus. < as lemmas |
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