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Eagle

Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eag

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Allegory 76% connected

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.…

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Coin 76% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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Emblem 76% connected

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

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Raptor 76% connected

A ravisher; a plunderer.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Bald eagle 76% connected

The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

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Eaglet 76% connected

A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

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Harpy 76% connected

A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger.…

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Sea eagle 76% connected

Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has…

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(literary) a spirited horse for state of war

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a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

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intermediate floor just above the ground floor

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floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

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floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

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intermediate floor just above the ground floor

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Tempest noun · 78% connection

(literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Aquilae pl. · 78% connection

of Aquila

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Barbet noun · 78% connection

A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunche…

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Bold eagle unknown · 78% connection

an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.

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Cassican noun · 78% connection

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended n…

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Chatterer noun · 78% connection

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

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Courser noun · 78% connection

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Curassow noun · 78% connection

A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Delphinus noun · 78% connection

The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Dinosauria n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Diver noun · 78% connection

Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Dolphin noun · 78% connection

A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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Erne noun · 78% connection

A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, rapacious, bird, falcon, family.
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