eagle
IPA: ˈigʌɫ
noun
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- (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 of England.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
- (codename) The Apollo Lunar Module of Apollo 11.
- A surname transferred from the nickname, from the name of the bird as a byname. See eagle.
- Any of a number of rivers in the United States and Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Alaska.
- A town, the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado.
- A city in Idaho.
- A village in Michigan.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A town in New York.
- A village in Wisconsin.
- A village in Eagle and Swinethorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8767).
- (scouting) An Eagle Scout.
- (scouting) An advancement to the Eagle Scout rank.
verb
- (golf) To score an eagle.
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Examples of "eagle" in Sentences
- Eagles are volant and fast.
- The eagle turned to the right.
- The bald eagle embodied courage.
- The athletic mascot is the Eagle.
- The eagle symbolizes the power of the state.
- In the right corner, there is an eagle nestling.
- The Steppe Eagle is the national animal of Egypt.
- The eagle was the heraldic animal of the Free Imperial City of Ulm.
- He scolds the eagle and urges the beetle to stay away from the bird.
- I'd hate to see one of the little scamps disappearing into an eagle owl's nest.
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