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gier eagles

gier eagles is the plural of gier eagle.

Meaning of gier eagle

Noun

gier eagle (plural gier eagles)

  1. (obsolete) A bird referred to as unclean in the Bible, possibly the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
    • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Leviticus 11:18: “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,”

Questions about gier eagles

What is gier eagles the plural of?
Gier eagles is the plural of gier eagle.

Words near gier eagles in the dictionary

  1. Giemsa
  2. Gien
  3. Gienah
  4. Giens
  5. gier eagle
  6. gier eagles
  7. gier-eagles
  8. Gierhart
  9. Gierke
  10. Gierkes
  11. Gierth

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