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Webster 1913 Edition


Gier-eagle

Gier′-eaˊgle

,
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
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Gier-eagle

GIE'R-EAGLE

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

Definition 2024


gier-eagle

gier-eagle

English

Noun

gier-eagle (plural gier-eagles)

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