Definition of eagle

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Eagle (n.) 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..

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Opinicus :: Opinicus (n.) An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings..
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Beagle :: Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle..
Eagless :: Eagless (n.) A female or hen eagle.
Aquiline :: Aquiline (a.) Belonging to or like an eagle.
Eaglet :: Eaglet (n.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle..
Tercelet :: Tercelet (n.) A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
Tergant :: Tergant (a.) Showing the back; as, the eagle tergant..
Beagle :: Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin..
Caracara :: Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards..
Eaglestone :: Eaglestone (n.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites..
Volant :: Volant (a.) Represented as flying, or having the wings spread; as, an eagle volant..
Recursant :: Recursant (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
Th :: Th () In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc..
Vulturine :: Vulturine (a.) Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity..
Sea Eagle :: Sea eagle () The eagle ray. See under Ray.
Pygargus :: Pygargus () The sea eagle.
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