gier eagle

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch gier (“vulture”), German gier, and English gyrfalcon.

Noun

gier eagle (plural gier eagles)

(obsolete) A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean (Lev. xi. 18 and Deut. xiv. 17), probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
- The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Leviticus 11:18.: “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,”

References

“gier eagle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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