GIER-EAGLE

Probably an Egyptian vulture, horrid and filthy, but very useful as a carrion-bird, Le 11:18. See VULTURE.

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Gier″–ea′gle (?), n. [[Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon.]] (Zoöl.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).