neophron

[Gr. neophron, as adj. childish in spirit; as subst., often as a proper name.] Ornith: A genus of Vulturide, sub-family Vulturine. Neophron percnopterus is the Egyptian Vulture (q. v.), Pharaoh's Hen, or Pharaoh's Chicken; N. ging in i an us is the Indian Scavenger Vulture, and N. pileatus , widely distributed in Africa, the Pileated Vulture.