Search Result for "neophron percnopterus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia;
[syn: Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gier-eagle \Gier"-ea`gle\, n. [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon.] (Zool.) A bird referred to in the Bible (--Lev. xi. 18and --Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Neophron percnopterus n 1: small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia [syn: Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus]