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bonebreaker

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 barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.

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Bonebreaker

Bonebreaker is a fictional super villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Usage examples of "bonebreaker".

We need a bonebreaker, a technician who can persuade this snag we must be allowed to continue operating in Star City, despite the new political winds blowing from St.

She had deceived Erik the Bonebreaker into thinking she had a husband who would work for him.

He would try and kill Erik Bonebreaker when the chance came, and then what?

The man you say is your husband and Erik Bonebreaker were like boon companions who share everything.

That my very thoughts are conveyed to Erik Bonebreaker at Offleah and thence, doubtless, to Earl Guthrum in London.

You can even make me believe that you understand a creature like Erik Bonebreaker to perfection.

Offleah, he might have managed to reach the vanguard where the king rode in his burnished armor, like a blazing target for Erik Bonebreaker to bring down in blood and screaming death.

The Bonebreaker held a sai in one hand, the elongated horns of its hilt holding the elven blade at bay.

It crashed down, the knight tumbling through the air before landing with a bonebreaker smash.

If anybody said anything to Bonebreaker Lemott, he might as well kiss his ass goodbye now and avoid the rush later.

And she gets pissed off and tells Bonebreaker I insulted her, and then he kills me.

The second thing he noticed was the hulking form of Bonebreaker Lemott sitting on a couch in the living room behind Belladonna.

If Bonebreaker had suddenly turned into a giant toad and begun hopping around looking for flies to eat, Tyrone could not have been anymore amazed.

After Bonebreaker left, Bella must have seen something in his face, because she smiled at Tyrone.

She might have half a dozen guys in orbit, but Bonebreaker was definitely one of them.