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Definition: M aquila
Eagle
\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 (
Aquila mogilnik
or
Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle
(
Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle
(
Hali[ae]etus 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.
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2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.
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3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See
Aquila.
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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.
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Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.
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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.
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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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