gier eagle

== English == === Etymology === Compare Dutch gier (“vulture”), German gier, and English gyrfalcon. === Noun === gier eagle (plural gier eagles) (obsolete) A bird referred to as unclean in the Bible, possibly the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Leviticus 11:18: “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,” === References === “gier eagle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.