pygargus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pȳgargus, i, m., = πύγαργος (whiterump).

I A kind of eagle , perh. the bald eagle or fish-hawk , Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 7.—

II A kind of antelope , Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; Juv. 11, 138; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5.

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