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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Eyrie  \Ey"rie\,  Eyry  \Ey"ry\  ([=a]"r[y^]  or  [=e]"r[y^];  277), 
  n.;  pl  {Ey"ries}  (-r[i^]z).  [See  {Aerie}] 
  The  nest  of  a  bird  of  prey  or  other  large  bird  that  builds  in 
  a  lofty  place  aerie. 
 
  The  eagle  and  the  stork  On  cliffs  and  cedar  tops  their 
  eyries  build.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  eyry 
  n  1:  the  lofty  nest  of  a  bird  of  prey  (such  as  a  hawk  or  eagle) 
  [syn:  {aerie},  {aery},  {eyrie}] 
  2:  any  habitation  at  a  high  altitude  [syn:  {aerie},  {aery},  {eyrie}] 




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