griffon vulture
1Griffon Vulture — At Oakland Zoo, USA Conservation status …
2griffon 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 * * * …
3griffon vulture — noun /ˈɡɻɪfɒnˈvʌlʧəɻ/ A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, Gyps fulvus. Syn: Eurasian griffon …
4Himalayan 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… …
5Griffon (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… …
6Himalayan griffon vulture — noun An Old World vulture, Gyps himalayensis …
7Vulture — 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… …
8griffon — [ 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 …
9griffon — 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 …
10vulture — 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,… …
