neophron percnopterus

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   small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia

   SynonymsEgyptian vulturePharaoh's chicken

   BroaderOld World vulture

   Part ofNeophron

Questions about neophron percnopterus

What does neophron percnopterus mean?

neophron percnopterus means "small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia".

What is another word for neophron percnopterus?

Close synonyms include Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neophron percnopterus a common word?

neophron percnopterus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.