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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various fish-eating eagles or similar birds, such as the bald eagle or the osprey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any eagle of the genus Haliaëtus, having the shank scaly.
- noun The white-tailed fishing-eagle of India, Palioaëtus ichthyaëtus.
- noun The osprey or fishinghawk, Pandion haliaëtus. See cut under
osprey . - noun The eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, a batoid fish. See cut under
eagle-ray .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliæetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle (
H. pelagicus ), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla ); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaëtus ichthyaëtus ). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed assea eagles . - (Zoöl.) The eagle ray. See under
Ray .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, thewhite-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla ). - noun A
genus ofeagles (genusHaliaeetus ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
- noun any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish
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