Gier-eagle

Gier´-ea`gle

n.

1.

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.