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The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting p…

Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

Belonging to or like an eagle.

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

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

A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and…

With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size,…

Sharp-sighted as an eagle.

Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.

A female or hen eagle.

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle tr…

A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…

The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in…

One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limos…

A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.