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Meaning of gier eagle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bird referred to as unclean in the Bible, possibly the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

obsolete

Examples

“The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Leviticus 11:18: “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Gierhart Gierke Gierth Giesbrecht Gieschen Giese

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