Gier-ea·gle n. 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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Neophron percnopterus
n : small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
[syn: Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken]