AEGYPIUS MONACHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegypius monachus mean? 

• AEGYPIUS MONACHUS (noun)
  The noun AEGYPIUS MONACHUS has 1 sense:

1. of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

  Familiarity information: AEGYPIUS MONACHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEGYPIUS MONACHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aegypius monachus; black vulture

Hypernyms ("Aegypius monachus" is a kind of...):

Old World vulture (any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia)

Holonyms ("Aegypius monachus" is a member of...):

Aegypius; genus Aegypius (a genus of Accipitridae)