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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 ({A. mogilnik or imperialis}); the American bald eagle ({Hali[ae]etus 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.) 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} (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: eagle n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight [syn: {bird of Jove}] 2: (in golf) a score of two strokes under par on a golf hole 3: a former gold coin in US worth 10 dollars 4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle" v : shoot in two strokes under par, of a golf hole From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Eagle, AK (city, FIPS 20380) Location: 64.77815 N, 141.20063 W Population (1990): 168 (146 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Eagle, CO (town, FIPS 22200) Location: 39.65564 N, 106.82544 W Population (1990): 1580 (624 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81631 Eagle, ID (city, FIPS 23410) Location: 43.69353 N, 116.35478 W Population (1990): 3327 (1238 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83616 Eagle, MI (village, FIPS 23560) Location: 42.80978 N, 84.79052 W Population (1990): 120 (42 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48822 Eagle, NE (village, FIPS 14100) Location: 40.81606 N, 96.43206 W Population (1990): 1047 (374 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68347 Eagle, WI (village, FIPS 21425) Location: 42.87963 N, 88.47127 W Population (1990): 1182 (400 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53119 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Eagle A {dBASE}-like dialect bundled with {Emerald Bay}, sold by {Migent} from 1986-1988, later renamed {Vulcan} when {Wayne Ratliff} reacquired the product. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Eagle (Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of vision (Job 39:27-30). This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God employs and sends forth to do a work of destruction, sweeping away whatever is decaying and putrescent (Matt. 24:28; Isa. 46:11; Ezek. 39:4; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40). It is said that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring, and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. To this allusion is made in Ps 103:5 and Isa. 40:31. God's care over his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 12). An interesting illustration is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:, "I once saw a very interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of the mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright for the climate. They at first made small circles, and the young birds imitated them They paused on their wings, waiting till they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger gyration, always rising toward the sun, and enlarging their circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better as they mounted; and they continued this sublime exercise, always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our aching sight." (See Isa. 40:31.) There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of eagles, (1) the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus which preys on reptiles. The eagle was unclean by the Levitical law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).
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