| 单词 |
lammergeyer |
| 释义 |
lammergeyer|ˈlæməgaɪə(r)| Also lammergeier. [a. G. lämmergeier, f. lämmer, pl. of lamm lamb + geier vulture, geir, hence lit. ‘lamb-vulture’.] The Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus; it is the largest European bird of prey, and inhabits lofty mountains in Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.
1817L. Simond Switzerland (1822) I. 239 An inaccessible shelf of rock,..upon which a lammergeyer..once alighted with an infant it had carried away. 18..Mrs. Hemans Cavern Three Tells Poems (1875) 341 They start not at..the Lammer-geyer's cry. 1867A. L. Adams Wand. Nat. India 78 The Lammergeyer is easily distinguished from the other vultures by its pointed wings and wedge-shaped tail. |

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