eagle, bird of Jove
(noun) any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
eagle
(noun) an emblem representing power; āthe Roman eagleā
eagle
(noun) a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
eagle
(noun) (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
eagle
(verb) shoot in two strokes under par
eagle, double birdie
(verb) shoot two strokes under par; āShe eagled the holeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eagle (plural eagles)
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
Synonyms: erne, broadwing
(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
(golf) To score an eagle.
• Aegle, aglee
the Eagle
(codename) The Apollo Lunar Module of Apollo 11.
Eagle
A surname, from the name of the bird as a byname. See eagle.
A city in Alaska.
Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
A city in Idaho.
A village in Michigan.
A village in Nebraska.
A town in New York.
A village in Wisconsin.
Eagle (plural Eagles)
(scouting) An Eagle Scout.
(scouting) An advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.
• Aegle, aglee
Source: Wiktionary
Ea"gle, n. Etym: [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and HaliƦetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaƫtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (HaliƦetus 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.
2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
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. Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. Tennyson.
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. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
– Bold eagle. See under Bold.
– Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars.
– Eagle hawk (Zoƶl.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus.
– Eagle owl (Zoƶl.), 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 (Zoƶl.), any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
– Eagle vulture (Zoƶl.), a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
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