pharaoh's chicken

2 definitions found

pharaoh's chicken - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pharaoh \Pha"raoh\, n. [Heb. par[=o]h; of Egyptian origin: cf.
     L. pharao, Gr. faraw`. Cf. Faro.]
     1. A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were
        designated.
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     2. See Faro.
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     Pharaoh's chicken (Zool.), the gier-eagle, or Egyptian
        vulture; -- so called because often sculpured on Egyptian
        monuments. It is nearly white in color.
  
     Pharaoh's rat (Zool.), the common ichneumon.
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pharaoh's chicken - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pharaoh's chicken
      n 1: small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
           [syn: Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus
           ]