Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pharaoh's chicken

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: pharao-h's chick-en
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Egyptian vulture.

noun

Alternative form of pharaoh's chicken.

Example Sentences

"As for the eagle of Scripture, it is believed to be not merely "as often as not," but invariably, the vulture ; not Pharaoh's chicken, however, but the griffon vulture."
"This strange bird, known in literature as the "Pharaoh's chicken," is a tool-user. Unlikely as it may seem, this places the lowly Pharaoh's chicken with man and higher primates as users of eating utensils."
"Leave them for Pharoah's chickens, sailing up on their wide black-tipped wings on the thermals, rising in lazy circles before dropping to ground, graceful as circus acrobats, to hunch and tear."

Etymology

So called because it is often found in Ancient Egyptian sculpture.

Inflected Forms

pharaoh's chickens (plural)

Synonyms

Egyptian vulture neophron percnopterus

Questions

What does pharaoh's chicken mean?: Synonym of Egyptian vulture.
Where does pharaoh's chicken come from?: So called because it is often found in Ancient Egyptian sculpture.

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