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EGYPTIAN VULTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian vulture mean? 

EGYPTIAN VULTURE (noun)
  The noun EGYPTIAN VULTURE has 1 sense:

1. small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasiaplay

  Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN VULTURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EGYPTIAN VULTURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Egyptian vulture; Neophron percnopterus; Pharaoh's chicken

Hypernyms ("Egyptian vulture" is a kind of...):

Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)

Holonyms ("Egyptian vulture" is a member of...):

genus Neophron; Neophron (a genus of Accipitridae)


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