Bearded vulture - Wikipedia
The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70–90% bone.
Ossifrage Meaning - Bible Definition and References - Bible Study Tools
Ossifrage. Heb. peres = to "break" or "crush", the lammer-geier, or bearded vulture, the largest of the whole vulture tribe. It was an unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12). It is not a gregarious bird, and is found but rarely in Palestine.
14 Bearded Vulture Facts - Fact Animal
They are one of the largest birds of prey, larger than a golden eagle in size – and are the Alps largest bird. They are also known as the ‘lammergeier’ or ‘ossifrage’. They nest high up in the rocky mountains in Southern Europe, Africa, the Caucasus, Southern Asia and Tibet.
Ossifrage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of OSSIFRAGE is lammergeier.
Bearded Vulture - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Bearded vulture is the only living bird species that specializes in feeding on bone marrow. Its old name ossifrage means "bone breaker" and relates to this habit. When it comes to live prey, tortoises seem to be especially favored by Bearded vultures depending on their local abundance.
OSSIFRAGE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
The ossifrage is a species of eagle. Calcareous lias, slate, and trap are still to be found there, rising from layers of conglomerate, like teeth from a gum; but the pickaxe has broken up and …
ossifrage, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English …
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun ossifrage, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
What does ossifrage mean? - Definitions.net
Ossifrage noun. A kind of eagle, whose flesh is forbid under the name of gryphon. The ossifraga or ospray, is thus called, because it breaks the bones of animals in order to come at the marrow. It is said to dig up bodies in church-yards, and eat what it finds in the bones, which has been the occasion that the Latins called it avis bustaria.
Ossifrage - Smith’s Bible Dictionary - Bible Dictionary - Christianity
Ossifrage: The Hebrew word occurs, as the name of an unclean bird, in (Leviticus 11:13) and Deuteronomy 14:12 It is probably the lammergeyer, or bearded vulture as it is sometimes called, one of the largest of the birds of prey.
Topical Bible: Ossifrage
The ossifrage, or bearded vulture, is a large bird of prey known scientifically as Gypaetus barbatus. It is distinguished by its unique feeding habits, primarily consuming bone marrow.
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