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Definition of Neophron
1. Noun. A genus of Accipitridae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Egyptian Vulture, Neophron Percnopterus, Pharaoh's Chicken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neophron
Literary usage of Neophron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"It is restricted to the old world, and has for its type the Neophron ... PLATE A.
Neophron Percnopterus, Savig. Ois. de 1'Egypt, p. 16—Vigors in Zool. ..."
2. The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Jardine (1838)
"Egyptian Neophron, Selby's Illustrations, pi. A Ornithol. Illust. by Sir W.
Jardine and PJ Selby, ... AFRICA appears to be the stronghold of this Neophron. ..."
3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"Neophron inhabits Africa, Southern Europe, and South-western Asia, including the
... The African Vultur pileatus, often referred to Neophron, belongs to a ..."
4. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece by Karl Otfried Müller (1840)
"CHAPTER XXVI. § 1. Inferiority of _the other tragic poets. § 2. Contemporaries of
Sophocles and Euripides: Neophron, Ion, Aristarchus, Achaeus, Carcinus, ..."
5. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Neophron. [Exhibited 431 BC] Medea Decides to Kill her Children. WELL, well :
what wilt thou do, my soul ? Think much Before this sin be sinned, ..."
6. The Poets and the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks: With an Historical by Abraham Mills (1858)
"Neophron was a native of Sicyon, and, according to Suidas, was the author of one
hundred and twenty dramas; of which, however, little farther is known. ..."
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