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alerion Her.|əˈlɪərɪən|
[Fr. alérion (12th c.), med.L. alariōn-em some large bird of prey of the eagle kind. Of unkn. origin. Borel makes it an augmentative of OFr. aillier, which Diez considered might be Germ. adler or adelar an eagle.]
An eagle without beak or feet.
1605Camden Rem. (1614) 180 Geffray of Boullion.. at one draught of his bowe..broched three feetlesse birds called Allerions vpon his arrow. 1731Bailey, Allerions (in Heraldry) are small birds painted without beak or feet, like the martlet or martinet. Others say they are like eagles without beak or feet. 1862H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 92 The House of Lorraine took for their arms, an alerion (a small eagle, with neither beak nor claws), from the word alerion being a transposition of Loraine. |