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φήνη

φήνη, Lammergeier (Dunbar on Ar. Birds 304)

φήνη, ἡ,
  • a kind of vulture, perh. lammergeyer, Gypaëtus barbatus, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοί Od. 16.217, cf. 3.372, Ar. Av. 304, Arist. HA 592b5, 619b23, cf. φίνις; sacred to Athena, Ael. NA 12.4.

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