vulture | any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
Old World vulture | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
griffon vulture griffon Gyps fulvus | large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings |
bearded vulture lammergeier lammergeyer Gypaetus barbatus | the largest Eurasian bird of prey, having black feathers hanging around the bill |
Neophron genus Neophron | a genus of Accipitridae |
Egyptian vulture Pharaoh's chicken Neophron percnopterus | small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
black vulture Aegypius monachus | of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
New World vulture cathartid | large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures |
buzzard turkey buzzard turkey vulture Cathartes aura | a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States |
black vulture carrion crow Coragyps atratus | American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard |
king vulture Sarcorhamphus papa | large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America, have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck |
asp Egyptian cobra Naja haje | cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death |
Egyptian cat | a domestic cat of Egypt |
Egyptian | the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs, written records date back to BC |
al-Jihad Egyptian Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Vanguards of Conquest | an Islamic extremist group active since the late s, seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state, works in small underground cells, the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in |
Egyptian Empire Egypt | an ancient empire to the west of Israel, centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh, figured in many events described in the Old Testament |
Cairo Al Qahira El Qahira Egyptian capital capital of Egypt | the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, a major port just to the south of the Nile delta, formerly the home of the Pharaohs |
Egyptian deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians |
Egyptian | a native or inhabitant of Egypt |
marauder predator vulture piranha | someone who attacks in search of booty |
lotus white lotus Egyptian water lily white lily Nymphaea lotus | white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa, held sacred by the Egyptians |
Egyptian grass crowfoot grass Dactyloctenium aegypticum | a creeping grass with spikes like fingers |
durra doura dourah Egyptian corn Indian millet Guinea corn | sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa |
papyrus Egyptian paper reed Egyptian paper rush paper rush paper plant Cyperus papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times |
Egyptian cotton | fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt, believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton |
tree onion Egyptian onion top onion Allium cepa viviparum | type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions, having bulbils that replace the flowers |
chickpea chickpea plant Egyptian pea Cicer arietinum | Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
hyacinth bean bonavist Indian bean Egyptian bean Lablab purpureus Dolichos lablab | perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds, grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
white lupine field lupine wolf bean Egyptian lupine Lupinus albus | white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control |
Egyptian henbane Hyoscyamus muticus | poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine |
Egyptian monetary unit | monetary unit in Egypt |
Egyptian pound pound | the basic unit of money in Egypt, equal to piasters |
Egyptian | of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language |