gier eagle

短语

词形变化

gier eagles 复数 gier eagles gier-eagles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bird referred to as unclean in the Bible, possibly the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

    废旧

    The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Leviticus 11:18: “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,”

词源

Compare Dutch gier (“vulture”), German gier, and English gyrfalcon.

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