From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eagle
n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight [syn:
{eagle}, {bird of Jove}]
2: (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
3: a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle"
v 1: shoot two strokes under par; "She eagled the hole" [syn:
{eagle}, {double birdie}]
2: shoot in two strokes under par
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