Meanings
plural lammergeiers · alternative lammergeyer · alternative lämmergeier
- A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
According to the Swiss Journal of Ornithology, the Lammergeier, or Alpine vulture, may be regarded as extinct in Switzerland.
1887 November 25, “The Last Alpine Vulture”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024Synonyms: bearded vulture, ossifrage
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanLämmergeier
- GermanLämmergeier
- Englishlammergeier
Borrowed from German Lämmergeier.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans baardaasvoël, lammergier
- baardaasvoëlGypaetus barbatus
- lammergierGypaetus barbatus
Ancient Greek φήνη
- φήνη (phḗnē)Gypaetus barbatus
Arabic نَسْر مِلَّتْحَيّ
- نَسْر مِلَّتْحَيّ (nasr millatḥayy)Gypaetus barbatus
Basque ugatz
- ugatzGypaetus barbatus
Bulgarian брадат лешояд
- брадат лешояд (bradat lešojad)Gypaetus barbatus
Catalan trencalòs
- trencalòsGypaetus barbatus
Chinese Mandarin 胡兀鷲 /胡兀鹫
- 胡兀鷲 /胡兀鹫 (hú wù jiù)Gypaetus barbatus
Czech orlosup
- orlosupGypaetus barbatus
Danish lammegrib
- lammegribGypaetus barbatus
Dutch lammergier, baardgier
- lammergierGypaetus barbatus
- baardgierGypaetus barbatus
Esperanto gipaeto, ŝafgrifo
- gipaetoGypaetus barbatus
- ŝafgrifoGypaetus barbatus
- liphara gipaetoGypaetus barbatus
Finnish partakorppikotka
- partakorppikotkaGypaetus barbatus
French gypaète
- gypaèteGypaetus barbatus
German Bartgeier, Lämmergeier
- BartgeierGypaetus barbatus
- LämmergeierGypaetus barbatus
Greek γυπαετός
- γυπαετός (gypaetós)Gypaetus barbatus
Hebrew פֶּרֶס
- פֶּרֶס (péres)Gypaetus barbatus
Hungarian szakállas saskeselyű
- szakállas saskeselyűGypaetus barbatus
Italian gipeto, avvoltoio degli agnelli
- gipetoGypaetus barbatus
- avvoltoio degli agnelliGypaetus barbatus
Japanese 髭鷲, ヒゲワシ
- 髭鷲 (higewashi)Gypaetus barbatus
- ヒゲワシ (higewashi)Gypaetus barbatus
Korean 수염수리
- 수염수리 (suyeomsuri)Gypaetus barbatus
Malay hering berjanggut
- hering berjanggutGypaetus barbatus
Norwegian Bokmål lammegribb
- lammegribbGypaetus barbatus
Persian هما
- هما (homâ)Gypaetus barbatus
Polish orłosęp
- orłosępGypaetus barbatus
Portuguese xofrango, quebra-ossos
- xofrangoGypaetus barbatus
- quebra-ossosGypaetus barbatus
Romanian zăgan, vultur bărbos
- zăganGypaetus barbatus
- vultur bărbosGypaetus barbatus
Russian борода́ч, ягня́тник
- борода́ч (borodáč)Gypaetus barbatus
- ягня́тник (jagnjátnik)Gypaetus barbatus
Spanish quebrantahuesos
- quebrantahuesosGypaetus barbatus
Swedish lammgam
- lammgamGypaetus barbatus
Turkish kara kuş, sakallı akbaba
- kara kuşGypaetus barbatus
- sakallı akbabaGypaetus barbatus
Cite this entry
lammergeier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lammergeier
“lammergeier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lammergeier. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lammergeier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lammergeier.
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