Definition of Lammergeir. Meaning of Lammergeir. Synonyms of Lammergeir

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Definition of Lammergeir

Lammergeir
Lammergeir Lam"mer*geir, Lammergeier Lam"mer*gei`er, n. [G. l["a]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l["a]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large vulture (Gypa["e]tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]

Meaning of Lammergeir from wikipedia

- the modern ice field tends to disappear by September. Apart from the lammergeir, both the Himalayan and Cinereous vulture can be found in the gorge. Other...
- nautical miles (190 km) south of Queenstown, County Cork before 28 October. Lammergeir  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was...