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Pharaoh's chicken   /fˈɛroʊz tʃˈɪkən/   Listen
Pharaoh's chicken

noun
1.
Small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia.  Synonyms: Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus.





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"Pharaoh's chicken" Quotes from Famous Books



... vulture of the Himalayas is that very familiar fowl—the small white scavenger vulture (Neophron ginginianus), often called Pharaoh's chicken and other opprobrious names that I will not mention. This bird eats everything that is filthy and unclean. The natural consequence is that it looks untidy and disreputable. It is, without exception, the ugliest bird in the world. It is about the size of ...
— Birds of the Indian Hills • Douglas Dewar


Words linked to "Pharaoh's chicken" :   Neophron, Old World vulture, Egyptian vulture, genus Neophron


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