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Definition of Lammergeyers
1. lammergeyer [n] - See also: lammergeyer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lammergeyers
Literary usage of Lammergeyers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) (1868)
"My last valuable capture was a pair of bearded vultures, (lammergeyers) and a
... The lammergeyers abound in this camp, and I should have bagged one this ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1897)
"In one row of cages at the Artis the writer has seen condors, sea- eagles,
lammergeyers, a king-vulture, and a hawk-eagle, all sunning themselves and ..."
3. The Gospel According to St. Matthew by Arthur Carr (1881)
"The cliffs too are full of caves, the secure resting-places of 'noble griffons,
lammergeyers, lanner falcons, and several species of eagles' (Land of Israel ..."
4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"The number of lammergeyers (Gypaetus barbatus) one sees is quite surprising.
I saw one nest, but could not get at it. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"When wounded an ibex almost always works up-hill till he dies, when his position
is pretty surely indicated by a number of lammergeyers and other birds ..."
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