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Lammergeier

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Noun

1. bearded vulture, gypaetus barbatus, lammergeier, lammergeyer

the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lammergeier

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noun
a rare vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, of S Europe, Africa, and Asia, with dark wings, a pale breast, and black feathers around the bill: family Accipitridae (hawks)
. Also called: bearded vulture or ()in archaic ossifrage

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Lammergeier

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noun
a very large Old World vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) with grayish-black plumage streaked with white and a tuft of bristles over the nostrils and under the bill; bearded vulture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lammergeier

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n.
A large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) found in mountainous regions of southern Europe, Asia, and Africa, having stiff feathers that extend below the beak to form a beard and, unlike other vultures, a feathered head. Also called bearded vulture, ossifrage.

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