17. gier eagle--The Hebrew word Rachemah is manifestly identical
with Rachamah, the name which the Arabs give to the common vulture of
Western Asia and Egypt (Neophron percnopterus).
[See on
Le 11:18].
cormorant--rather, the plungeon; a seafowl.
[See on
Le 11:17].
JFB.
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