aegypiidae: in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae
vulture: any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
golden fleece: in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts