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lammergeyer

UK/ˈlaməɡaɪə/

lammergeyer is the alternative form of lammergeier.

Meaning of lammergeier

Noun

lammergeier (plural lammergeiers)

  1. A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
    • According to the Swiss Journal of Ornithology, the Lammergeier, or Alpine vulture, may be regarded as extinct in Switzerland.1887 November 25, “The Last Alpine Vulture”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024

Forms of lammergeyer

plurallammergeyers

Questions about lammergeyer

What is lammergeyer the alternative form of?
Lammergeyer is the alternative form of lammergeier.
How do you pronounce lammergeyer?
Lammergeyer is pronounced /ˈlaməɡaɪə/ (UK).

Words near lammergeyer in the dictionary

  1. lammed off
  2. lammed out
  3. lammer
  4. lammergeier
  5. lammergeiers
  6. lammergeyer
  7. lammergeyers
  8. lammerite
  9. Lammermoor
  10. Lammermuir Hills
  11. Lammermuirs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lammergeyer (page history and authors); lammergeier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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