griffon-vulture

See also: griffon vulture

English

Noun

griffon-vulture (plural griffon-vultures)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of griffon vulture
   • 1884, John Worcester, The Animals of the Bible and Their Correspondences, page 128:

     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.

   • 1990, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Origin of Table Manners: Mythologiques, page 140:

     The griffon-vulture's daughters gathered round him and, as they were very pretty, he made advances to them.

   • 1992, Jonathan S. Adams, The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion, page 52:

     […] the Dornier collided with a griffon-vulture and crashed near the Loliondo Mountains, […]