'Pharaoh's chicken' definitions:
Definition of 'Pharaoh's chicken'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia [syn: Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Neophron percnopterus]
Definition of 'Pharaoh's chicken'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. See Faro. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]