| Eagle (eagle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Ea"gle |
| [OE. egle, F.
aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr.
aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind.
Cf. Aquiline.] |
Any
large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera
Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for
strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and
extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle
(Aquila chrysaëtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A.
mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle
(Haliæetus 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.
A gold coin of the United States, of the
value of ten dollars.
A northern constellation,
containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See
Aquila.
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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