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lappet-faced vulture

lappet-faced vulture noun: a species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.

lappet-faced vulture: a species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula...
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Noun

lappet-faced vulture (plural lappet-faced vultures)

  1. A species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.

Forms of lappet-faced vulture

plurallappet-faced vultures

Questions about lappet-faced vulture

What does lappet-faced vulture mean?
Lappet-faced vulture means a species of vulture in the family Accipitridae living across Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula Torgos tracheliotus.
What part of speech is lappet-faced vulture?
Lappet-faced vulture is a noun.
What is the plural of lappet-faced vulture?
The plural of lappet-faced vulture is lappet-faced vultures.

Words near lappet-faced vulture in the dictionary

  1. lappering
  2. lappers
  3. lappet
  4. lappet moth
  5. lappet moths
  6. lappet-faced vulture
  7. lappet-faced vultures
  8. lappeted
  9. lappeth
  10. lappeting
  11. lappets

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