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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. D.

gier

vulture, G.

gier

, and E.

gyrfalcon

(Zool.)

A bird referred to in the Bible (

Lev. xi. 18

and

Deut. xiv. 17

) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (

Neophron percnopterus

Noun.

A fowl of the eagle kind, mentioned in Leviticus 2.

gier-eagle ‎(plural gier-eagles)

(obsolete) A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean (Lev. xi. 18 and Deut. xiv. 17), probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).