Phrase guide

Egyptian vulture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Neophron percnopterus, a species of vulture found in the Mediterranean region and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World vulture

History

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mjellbardhë — Neophron percnopterus
  • Albanian: kali i qyqes — Neophron percnopterus
  • Albanian: huta e bardhë — Neophron percnopterus
  • Arabic: رَخَم (raḵam) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Arabic: رَخَمَة (raḵama) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Arabic: رَخَمَة مِصْرِيَّة — Neophron percnopterus
  • Arabic: نَسْر مِصْرِيّ (nasr miṣriyy) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Arabic: عُقَاب مِصْرِيّ (ʕuqāb miṣriyy) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Asturian: zapiquera — Neophron percnopterus
  • Asturian: aveblanca — Neophron percnopterus
  • Asturian: frangüesu — Neophron percnopterus
  • Basque: saizuri — Neophron percnopterus
  • Catalan: aufrany — Neophron percnopterus
  • Egyptian: A-Z1:H_SPACE (ꜣ) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Finnish: pikkukorppikotka — Neophron percnopterus
  • French: percnoptère d’Égypte — Neophron percnopterus
  • German: Schmutzgeier — Neophron percnopterus
  • Greenlandic: nattoraliusaq qillorniaq — Neophron percnopterus
  • Hebrew: רָחָם (raḥám) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Italian: capovaccaio — Neophron percnopterus
  • Kumyk: мурдар этниашайгъан къуш (murdar etniaşayğan quş) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Maltese: avultun abjad — Neophron percnopterus
  • Persian: کرکس مصری (karkas-e mesri) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Persian: مرغ فرعون (morɣ-e fer'on) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Polish: ścierwnik — Neophron percnopterus
  • Polish: białosęp — Neophron percnopterus
  • Romanian: hoitar — Neophron percnopterus
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный стервя́тник (obyknovénnyj stervjátnik) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Russian: стервя́тник (stervjátnik) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Russian: ягня́тник (jagnjátnik) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Soqotri: سُوعِيدُو (souˁído) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Spanish: alimoche — Neophron percnopterus
  • Spanish: guirre — Neophron percnopterus
  • Swedish: smutsgam — Neophron percnopterus
  • Tajik: варкок (varkok) — Neophron percnopterus
  • Turkish: küçük akbaba — Neophron percnopterus