- griffon vulture
- noun /ˈɡɻɪfɒnˈvʌlʧəɻ/A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, Gyps fulvus.Syn: Eurasian griffon
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Griffon Vulture — At Oakland Zoo, USA Conservation status … Wikipedia
griffon vulture — noun large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings • Syn: ↑griffon, ↑Gyps fulvus • Hypernyms: ↑Old World vulture • Member Holonyms: ↑Gyps, ↑genus Gyps * * * … Useful english dictionary
Himalayan Griffon Vulture — Taxobox name = Himalayan Griffon Vulture status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Gyps species = G. himalayensis binomial = Gyps himalayensis… … Wikipedia
Griffon (disambiguation) — Griffon may refer to:Biology* Griffon Vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks * Himalayan Griffon Vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also… … Wikipedia
Himalayan griffon vulture — noun An Old World vulture, Gyps himalayensis … Wiktionary
Vulture — Taxobox name = Vultures image caption = Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Accipitridae (Aegypiinae) CathartidaeVultures are scavenging… … Wikipedia
griffon — [ grɪf(ə)n] noun 1》 a dog of a small terrier like breed. 2》 (also griffon vulture) a large Old World vulture with predominantly pale brown plumage. [Gyps fulvus and related species.] 3》 variant spelling of griffin. Origin ME: var. of griffin … English new terms dictionary
griffon — n. 1 a a dog of a small terrier like breed with coarse or smooth hair. b this breed. 2 (in full griffon vulture) a large vulture, Gyps fulvus. 3 = GRIFFIN. Etymology: F (in sense 1) or var. of GRIFFIN … Useful english dictionary
vulture — The king of birds, according to the Hebrews (Lam. 4:19, where English versions translate ‘eagles’) but considered unclean (Lev. 11:13). Of the species known in Palestine, probably that referred to by Jesus (Matt. 24:28), is the griffon vulture,… … Dictionary of the Bible
griffon — ► NOUN 1) a dog of a small terrier like breed. 2) a large vulture with predominantly pale brown plumage. 3) variant spelling of GRIFFIN(Cf. ↑griffin). ORIGIN variant of GRIFFIN(Cf. ↑griffin) … English terms dictionary
