Associations to the word «Aegypius»

Wiktionary

AEGYPIUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae   — the cinereous vulture.
AEGYPIUS MONACHUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Accipitridae   — the cinereous vulture.

Dictionary definition

AEGYPIUS, noun. A genus of Accipitridae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats