| 单词 | imperial eagle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimperial eagle imperial eagle n. [after scientific Latin Falco imperialis, former specific name (1809 or earlier in sense (a), 1821 or earlier in sense (b); compare quots. 1809 and 1821)] †(a) the harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja (obsolete rare); (b) either of two large Eurasian eagles with predominantly dark plumage and pale heads, formerly regarded as conspecific: (more fully Spanish imperial eagle) Aquila adalberti, breeding in Spain, and (more fully eastern imperial eagle) A. heliaca, breeding from south-eastern Europe to central Asia. ΚΠ 1809 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. XIV. ii. 52 Imperial Eagle. Falco imperialis... This noble bird is a native of South-America. 1821 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds I. 51 Imperial Eagle. Falco imperialis, Aigle imperial... Inhabits Egypt and Abyssinia.., but is now and then met with in the mountains of Tyrol and Silesia. 1870 Ibis 6 66 Aquila heliaca (Savigny). Imperial Eagle. This eagle is surprisingly common both in Macedonia and in Bulgaria. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 900 The smaller imperial eagle is much more abundant. It nests in trees. 2007 Daily Tel. 6 Apr. 10/1 In Europe the species expected to be challenged include the Spanish imperial eagle, the dunnock, crested tit and Scottish crossbill. < as lemmas |
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