gier-eagle

English

Etymology

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

Noun

gier eagle (plural gier eagles)

1. (obsolete) A bird referred to as unclean in the Bible, possibly 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.