PREFERRED TERM
Eagle
DEFINITION
- n. A borrowing from French "eagle". Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, typically having a heavy hooked bill and long broad wings, and noted for their keen sight and powerful soaring flight.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- eagles
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Aigle
French
Aquila
Italian
Águila
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/771
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