Pha·raoh n.
1. A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.
2. See Faro.
Pharaoh's chicken Zool., the gier-eagle, or Egyptian vulture; -- so called because often sculpured on Egyptian monuments. It is nearly white in color.
Pharaoh's rat Zool., the common ichneumon.
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Pharaoh's chicken
n : small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
[syn: Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus]