lammergeyer,
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a variation of
lammergeier.
lammergeiernounthe largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
Example Sentences
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The lammergeyer is quite content to make a meal of offal, old bones, or other refuse.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar
That other fellow is the great European lammergeyer.'
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
To us Granada has rather been merely a "base of operations" whence the ibex and lammergeyer might conveniently be studied or pursued.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
Reload your automatic, and keep watch, though nothing more formidable than the lammergeyer is ever likely to come here.
From The Guns of Europe by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
I, myself, was made acquainted with it by one of the “feeders” of the superb collection in Regent’s Park—who had observed this propensity for bone-eating in a young African lammergeyer.
From The Boy Hunters by Unknown