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GYPS FULVUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gyps fulvus mean?
• GYPS FULVUS (noun)
The noun GYPS FULVUS has 1 sense:
1. large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
Familiarity information: GYPS FULVUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Gyps fulvus" is a kind of...):
Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)
Holonyms ("Gyps fulvus" is a member of...):
genus Gyps; Gyps (a genus of Accipitridae)
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