Gier-eagle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gier-eagle \Gier"-ea`gle\, n. [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and
     E. gyrfalcon.] (Zool.)
     A bird referred to in the Bible (--Lev. xi. 18and --Deut.
     xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture ({Neophron
     percnopterus}).
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