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Eagle

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What's The Definition Of Eagle?
[n] any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
[n] an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle" [n] a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars [n] (in golf) a score of two strokes under par on a golf hole [v] shoot in two strokes under par, of a golf hole Synonyms | Synonyms for Eagle: bird of Jove Related Terms | Find terms related to Eagle: achievement | alerion | animal charge | annulet | antelope | argent | Argus | armorial bearings | armory | arms | arrow | aviation badge | avifauna | azure | baby bird | badge | badge of office | badges | bandeau | bar | bar sinister | baton | bearings | bend | bend sinister | billet | bird | bird of Jove | bird of Juno | bird of Minerva | bird of night | bird of passage | bird of prey | birdie | birdlife | birdy | blazon | blazonry | blue darter | blue streak | bordure | brassard | broad arrow | button | cadency mark | cage bird | cannonball | canton | cap and gown | cat | chain | chain of office | chaplet | charge | chevron | chick | chicken | chief | class ring | coat of arms | cockade | cockatrice | coin | collar | coronet | courser | crescent | crest | cross | cross moline | crown | cygnet | dart | decoration | device | difference | differencing | diving bird | double eagle | doubloon | dove | dress | ducat | eagle-eyed | eaglet | electricity | emblems | ensigns | epaulet | ermine | ermines | erminites | erminois | escutcheon | express train | falcon | fasces | ferret | fess | fess point | field | figurehead | file | fish-eating bird | five-dollar gold piece | flanch | flash | fledgling | fleur-de-lis | flightless bird | fowl | fret | fruit-eating bird | fulmar | fur | fusil | game bird | garland | gazelle | gold piece | greased lightning | greyhound | griffin | guinea | gules | gyron | half crown | half eagle | hammer and sickle | hard money | hare | hash mark | hatchment | hawk | hawk-eyed | helmet | heraldic device | heraldry | Hershey bar | honor point | impalement | impaling | inescutcheon | insect-eating bird | insignia | insignia of branch | jet plane | label | lapel pin | lark | light | lightning | lion | livery | lozenge | lynx | mace | mantle | mantling | markings | marshaling | martlet | mascle | medal | mercury | metal | migrant | migratory bird | moidore | mortarboard | motto | mullet | napoleon | nestling | nombril point | oak leaf | octofoil | old school tie | or | ordinary | organization insignia | orle | oscine bird | overseas bar | owl | pale | paly | parachute badge | passerine bird | patch | peacock | peafowl | peahen | pean | perching bird | pheon | piece | piece of money | piece of silver | pigeon | pin | pip | pound sovereign | purpure | quarter | quartering | quicksilver | ratite | regalia | ring | rocket | roll of coins | rose | rouleau | sable | saltire | scared rabbit | school ring | scutcheon | sea bird | seed-eating bird | service stripe | shamrock | sharp-eyed | sharp-sighted | shield | shore bird | shot | shoulder patch | shoulder sleeve insignia | sigillography | skull and crossbones | skylark | skyrocket | songbird | sovereign | specie | sphragistics | spread eagle | squab | staff | star | storm petrel | stormy petrel | streak | streak of lightning | stripe | striped snake | submarine badge | subordinary | swallow | swan | swastika | tartan | ten-dollar gold piece | tenne | thistle | thought | thunderbolt | tie | tincture | torrent | torse | tressure | twenty-dollar gold piece | unicorn | uniform | vair | verge | vert | wading bird | wand | warbler | water bird | waterfowl | weasel | wildfowl | wind | wreath | yale See Also | Accipitridae | allegory | American eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Aquila rapax | bald eagle | bird of prey | coin | eaglet | emblem | family Accipitridae | golden eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Harpia harpyja | harpy | harpy eagle | hit | rack up | raptor | raptorial bird | score | score | sea eagle | tally | tawny eagle Eagle In Webster's Dictionary \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[ae]etus}. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A.
mogilnik or imperialis}); the American bald eagle
({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus
harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds,
is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for
standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle},
{Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.
2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.
4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.
Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.
{Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.
{Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.
{Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.
{Eagle hawk} (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.
{Eagle owl} (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
maximus}). See {Horned owl}.
{Eagle ray} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
{Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).
{Eagle vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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