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eagle

UK/ˈiːɡəl/US/ˈiːɡəl/
nounB1Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,250 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: eagles

An eagle is a large powerful bird that hunts and sees very well from far away. A golden eagle, an eagle soaring, eagle-eyed.

Its eyesight resolves detail several times better than a human's and it can see a rabbit from a mile up. Eagles ride thermals rather than flapping, which is how they cover distance cheaply. In golf an eagle is two under par. Note that the word displaced the older English erne.

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Definitions of eagle

  1. 1nouneagleA large powerful bird of prey with excellent eyesight.B1

    “An eagle swooped down and caught a fish from the lake.”

eagle is a bird.

Where it comes from

Old French aigle comes from Latin aquila. It displaced the native English earn, which survives as erne.

  1. Latin

    aquila

  2. Old French

    aigle

  3. Anglo-Norman

    egle

  4. Middle English

    egle

  5. English, today

    eagle

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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eagle in the wild

  • The bald eagle is the national bird and national symbol of the United States and appears on its seal.

    Bald eagle

  • Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa.

    Eagle

  • Many well-known birds of prey such as buzzard, eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, and Old World vultures are included in this group.

    Accipitridae

  • Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

    Golden eagle

  • Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings.

    Golden eagle

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the aquila family

eagle

eagle — used about once every 290 pages · #2,250 · point at the bar for the others

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