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Part of Speech: noun
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4.
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 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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