EAGLE

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; “the Roman eagle”

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; “She eagled the hole”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)

(golf) To score an eagle.

Anagrams

• Aegle, aglee

Proper noun

the Eagle

(codename) The Apollo Lunar Module of Apollo 11.

Proper noun

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.

Noun

Eagle (plural Eagles)

(scouting) An Eagle Scout.

(scouting) An advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.

Anagrams

• Aegle, aglee

Source: Wiktionary

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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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaëtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliæetus 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 (Zoöl.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus.

– Eagle owl (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).

– Eagle vulture (Zoöl.), a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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