What does griffon-vulture mean?

griffon-vulture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

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"Mr. Wood and Mr. Tristram agree that the griffon-vulture is the bird, or one of the birds, whose name is rendered "The Eagle" in our version of the Scriptures."
"The griffon-vulture's daughters gathered round him and, as they were very pretty, he made advances to them."
"[…] the Dornier collided with a griffon-vulture and crashed near the Loliondo Mountains, […]"

griffon-vultures (plural)

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