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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GIER-EAGLE

n.A fowl of the eagle kind, mentioned in Leviticus 11:18.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIER-EAGLE

Gier "-ea `gle, n. Etym: [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E.gyrfalcon. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17 ) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus ).