Definition of Gypaetus barbatus

1. Noun. The largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill.

Exact synonyms: Bearded Vulture, Lammergeier, Lammergeyer
Generic synonyms: Old World Vulture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gypaetus Barbatus

Gymnopaedia
Gymnopilus
Gymnopilus spectabilis
Gymnopilus validipes
Gymnopilus ventricosus
Gymnorhina
Gymnorhina tibicen
Gymnosporangium
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
Gymnura
Gynne
Gynura
Gynura aurantiaca
Gypaetus
Gypaetus barbatus (current term)
Gyps
Gyps fulvus
Gypsophila
Gypsophila paniculata
Gypsy
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gyr
Gyrinidae
Gyromitra brunnea
Gyromitra californica
Gyromitra esculenta
Gyromitra fastigiata
Gyromitra gigas

Literary usage of Gypaetus barbatus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Occult Sciences: The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles by Eusèbe Salverte (1847)
"... of the Alps.t As far as we can judge, the t Gypaetus barbatus, Bearded Griffon of the Alps of ornithologists, which Buffon confounded with the condor, ..."

2. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1847)
"... gypaetus barbatus, Cuv.) ; Cuvier, however, has confounded this bird with that called by the Greeks cpr^vT), which will be proved to be a different bird ..."

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