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Awfully grim realm, ultimately quite suitable for a vulture
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lammergeier
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Word definitions for lammergeier in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill [syn: bearded vulture , lammergeyer , Gypaetus barbatus ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A long-winged vulture, ''Gypaetus barbatus'', found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lammergeir \Lam"mer*geir\ (l[a^]m"m[~e]r*g[imac]r), Lammergeier \Lam"mer*gei`er\, lammergeyer \lam"mer*gey`er\ (l[a^]m"m[~e]r*g[imac]`[~e]r), n. [G. l["a]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l["a]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large vulture ( Gypa["e]tus ...
Usage examples of lammergeier.
But finally a lammergeier arrived at the Tower with a well-wrapped-up Nyssomu on its back.
But she wanted Mikayla to see in detail the land she would be bound to, and so, on the day she sent Ayah off by lammergeier, she mounted one fronial and loaded supplies and camping gear on a second and set out for the Citadel to the south where her sister Anigel had lived and died.
When the lammergeier agreed, she told Enya to choose a servant for the journey and be sure that he was dressed warmly enough for travel by lammergeier.
I sent Quasi home this morning by lammergeier because he would have frozen to death otherwise.
Fiolon might have some disease in addition to the lung fever, Haramis went so far as to send a lammergeier for a Vispi healer from the village of Movis on Mount Rotolo.
The lammergeier flies to a village in the lowlands, near the end of the Great Causeway, where the villagers unpack the messenger, and he continues on foot or by fronial from there.
Then go north half a league on the west bank of the river, and a lammergeier will meet you there.
But the cave collapsed when she removed the Talisman, and only her faithful lammergeier Hiluru saved her from dying there, with her work unfinished.
The ceiling was so high that Mikayla could barely see it, and while the room was full of pillars, fashioned in many different forms, the pillars were far enough apart that a full-grown lammergeier could fly between them with its wings fully extended.
It has to be able to tolerate extreme cold, such as the temperatures in an ice cave or on the back of a lammergeier flying above the mountains.
She left by lammergeier, so that silver pipe she uses to extend the bridge is probably somewhere in her room.
I was cold when I got off the lammergeier, but we were a good deal higher than this.
Apparently Mikayla had agreed to summon a lammergeier for him, for he smiled at her.
His body was stiff and sore, so presumably he had been lying there for quite some time, but the lammergeier still stood over him, keeping watch.
Nella and the harp builder back by lammergeier tomorrow, with a message to Uzun that you are well.