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Definition of Old World vulture
1. Noun. Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia.
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Generic synonyms: Vulture
Specialized synonyms: Griffon, Griffon Vulture, Gyps Fulvus, Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus Barbatus, Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, Egyptian Vulture, Neophron Percnopterus, Pharaoh's Chicken, Aegypius Monachus, Black Vulture
Generic synonyms: Vulture
Specialized synonyms: Griffon, Griffon Vulture, Gyps Fulvus, Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus Barbatus, Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, Egyptian Vulture, Neophron Percnopterus, Pharaoh's Chicken, Aegypius Monachus, Black Vulture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old World Vulture
Literary usage of Old World vulture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"... are nearly as in the first; here again we find in this Old World vulture a
balance among the segments of this extremity that simulates the Falconidae. ..."
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