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gier eagle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

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

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Etymology

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