Saproharpages

Ancient Greek σαπρός (saprós, “rotten, putrid”) + ἅρπαξ (hárpax, “robber, grappling iron, kind of wolf”)

Saproharpages

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic group of Old World vultures.

• Old world birds called vultures are in subfamilies Gypaetinae (Gypohierax, Neophron, Gypaetus) and Gypinae (Gyps, Sarcogyps, Trigonoceps, Aegypius, Torgos, Necrosyrtes)

• vulture
• Vultur

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Saproharpages”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.