GRIFFON VULTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does griffon vulture mean? 

• GRIFFON VULTURE (noun)
  The noun GRIFFON VULTURE has 1 sense:

1. large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRIFFON VULTURE (noun)

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Meaning:

Large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

griffon; griffon vulture; Gyps fulvus

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

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

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

genus Gyps; Gyps (a genus of Accipitridae)