Definition of Neophron

1. Noun. A genus of Accipitridae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Neophron
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Egyptian Vulture, Neophron Percnopterus, Pharaoh's Chicken

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neophron

Neogrammarians
Neohygrophorus
Neohygrophorus angelesianus
Neolentinus
Neolentinus ponderosus
Neolithic
Neolithic Age
Neolithic Revolution
Neomys
Neomys anomalus
Neomys fodiens
Neonomian
Neonomianism
Neopaganism
Neopantheism
Neophron
Neophron percnopterus
Neoplatonic
Neoplatonician
Neoplatonicians
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonist
Neoplatonists
Neopolitan
Neoproterozoic
Neopythagorean
Neopythagoreanism
Neopythagoreans
Neorickettsia helmintheca
Neosho

Literary usage of Neophron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"It is restricted to the old world, and has for its type the neophron ... PLATE A. neophron Percnopterus, Savig. Ois. de 1'Egypt, p. 16—Vigors in Zool. ..."

2. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1838)
"Egyptian neophron, Selby's Illustrations, pi. A Ornithol. Illust. by Sir W. Jardine and PJ Selby, ... AFRICA appears to be the stronghold of this neophron. ..."

3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"neophron inhabits Africa, Southern Europe, and South-western Asia, including the ... The African Vultur pileatus, often referred to neophron, belongs to a ..."

4. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece by Karl Otfried Müller (1840)
"CHAPTER XXVI. § 1. Inferiority of _the other tragic poets. § 2. Contemporaries of Sophocles and Euripides: neophron, Ion, Aristarchus, Achaeus, Carcinus, ..."

5. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"neophron. [Exhibited 431 BC] Medea Decides to Kill her Children. WELL, well : what wilt thou do, my soul ? Think much Before this sin be sinned, ..."

6. The Poets and the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks: With an Historical by Abraham Mills (1858)
"neophron was a native of Sicyon, and, according to Suidas, was the author of one hundred and twenty dramas; of which, however, little farther is known. ..."

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