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Meanings of gyps fulvus in English

Portuguese
grifo
Catalan
voltor

Large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings.

        grifo
        Synonyms
        Examples for "griffon"
        Examples for "griffon"
        1
        A huge china griffon stood at the right of the gate.
        The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
        2
        The griffon, symbolically a watchful overseer, seemed hopelessly remote from the gutter press.
        The Irish Times
        3
        A griffon ran down the steps and fell to one knee beside him.
        Nova
        4
        Kagonos spat at the mention of Silvanos's commander of cavalry, the renowned griffon-rider himself.
        The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
        5
        The griffon, who had been sniffing at Carlotta's skirts, suddenly leaped into her lap.
        The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
        1
        Red-bereted shepherds walked their flocks past tumbledown stone watermills and over rushing streams; a griffon vulture circled above the limestone peaks.
        The Guardian
        2
        One summer we had several fine specimens in the great flying-cage, with the big and showy waterfowl, condor, griffon vulture, ravens and crows.
        The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
        3
        The griffon vulture is not only ungainly, smelly and endangered: it is also often denied its biblical fame by being mixed up with the eagle.
        Reuters
        4
        Soaring above us was a griffon vulture, but our binoculars were scanning the base of the limestone cliffs that rose steeply above the scree slope.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It's even got griffon vultures. I'd planned to skip quickly across Cres but I change my mind.
        The Guardian
        Translations for gyps fulvus
        Portuguese
        grifo