Pharaoh's chicken

English Noun Pharaoh's chicken en pharaoh's chicken. en 1883 September The Atlantic Monthly Poets and Birds: A Criticism Harriet C. W. Stanton 52 346 As for the eagle of Scripture, it is believed to be not merely "as often as not," but invariably, the vulture ; not Pharaoh's chicken, however, but the griffon vulture. en 1974 The Magnificent Birds of Prey Philip S. Callahan 22 This strange bird, known in literature as the "Pharaoh's chicken," is a tool-user. Unlikely as it may seem, this places the lowly Pharaoh's chicken with man and higher primates as users of eating utensils. en 2017 Decline and Fall on Savage Street Fiona Farrell 84 9780143770633 Leave them for Pharoah's chickens, sailing up on their wide black-tipped wings on the thermals, rising in lazy circles before dropping to ground, graceful as circus acrobats, to hunch and tear.