Elephants come and go, sea eagles wheel in the sky.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is an elegant bird, an eagle with spread wings.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
PET owners have been warned to lock up their animals after a giant golden eagle escaped its perch.
The Sun (2016)
THIS golden eagle was rescued after being kept in a third floor flat's filthy kitchen.
The Sun (2016)
The golden eagle is significantly smaller all round.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That run included four birdies and an eagle.
The Sun (2014)
Ospreys are fish hawks as large as eagles.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are still complaints from sheep farmers who claim sea eagles take their lambs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Both come under attack from golden eagles and peregrine falcons.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or the bald eagle that got the job in the end.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The sea eagles feed on them but it does not stop the rabbits increasing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
By then the two brilliant eagles he had conjured up on the second and eighth holes were just a distant memory.
The Sun (2012)
Legal eagles are on the case.
The Sun (2016)
The putt was holed for eagle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is an elegant bird, an eagle with spread wings.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They had 25 birdies and one eagle between them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On the back nine he had 13 birdies and two eagles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Britain's largest eagle has enjoyed a record year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The American made two birdies and an eagle on the back nine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was unmistakable: a bald eagle.
Christianity Today (2000)
I hit a lot of greens and obviously two eagles on the back nine helped my score a bit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Because some treat pitching for compensation like buying a lottery ticket, an attitude the legal eagles seem happy to encourage.
The Sun (2008)
His emblem is an eagle.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
Legal eagles will be watching.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'll look on like a proud parent bird at my eagle fledgling.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's dark red, not quite finished and has a large white eagle painted on one wall.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Word lists with
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In other languages
eagle
British English: eagle /ˈiːɡl/ NOUN
An eagle is a large bird that hunts and kills small animals for food.
American English: eagle
Arabic: عُقاب
Brazilian Portuguese: águia
Chinese: 雕
Croatian: orao
Czech: orel
Danish: ørn
Dutch: adelaar
European Spanish: águila
Finnish: kotka
French: aigle
German: Adler
Greek: αετός
Italian: aquila
Japanese: ワシ
Korean: 독수리
Norwegian: ørn
Polish: orzeł
European Portuguese: águia
Romanian: vultur
Russian: орел
Latin American Spanish: águila
Swedish: örn
Thai: นกอินทรี
Turkish: kartal
Ukrainian: орел
Vietnamese: đại bàng
All related terms of 'eagle'
eagle eye
If you talk about a person's eagle eye , you mean that they are watching someone or something carefully or are very good at noticing things.
eagle owl
a large owl , Bubo bubo, of Europe and Asia. It has brownish speckled plumage and large ear tufts
eagle ray
any of various rays of the family Myliobatidae, related to the stingrays but having narrower pectoral fins and a projecting snout with heavily browed eyes
sea eagle
any of various fish-eating eagles that live near the sea , esp Haliaetus albicilla ( European sea eagle or white-tailed eagle ) having a brown plumage and white tail
bald eagle
A bald eagle is a large eagle with a white head that lives in North America. It is the national bird of the United States of America.
eagle-eyed
If you describe someone as eagle-eyed , you mean that they watch things very carefully and seem to notice everything.
eagle-hawk
a large aggressive Australian eagle , Aquila audax
Eagle Scout
a ( Boy ) Scout who has attained the highest level of qualifications possible within the movement
fish eagle
a large broad-winged fish-eating diurnal bird of prey , Pandion haliaetus, with a dark back and whitish head and underparts : family Pandioridae
half eagle
a former US gold coin worth five dollars
harpy eagle
a very large tropical American eagle , Harpia harpyja, with a black-and-white plumage and a head crest
legal eagle
a legal expert
double eagle
a former US gold coin , having a nominal value of 20 dollars
golden eagle
a large eagle , Aquila chrysaetos, of mountainous regions of the N hemisphere , having a plumage that is golden brown on the back and brown elsewhere
spread eagle
the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings , used as an emblem of the US
American eagle
the bald eagle , esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US
an eagle eye
an ability to find or notice things
bateleur eagle
an African crested bird of prey , Terathopius ecaudatus , with a short tail and long wings: subfamily Circaetinae , family Accipitridae ( hawks , etc)
imperial eagle
a brown eagle , Aquila heliaca , of Asia and southern Europe: the subspecies A. heliaca adalberti is endangered
wedge-tailed eagle
a large brown Australian eagle , Aquila audax, having a wedge-shaped tail and a wingspan of 3 m
white-tailed eagle
any of various fish-eating eagles that live near the sea, esp Haliaetus albicilla ( European sea eagle or white-tailed eagle ) having a brown plumage and white tail
King's Scout
(in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Scout who has passed the highest tests of endurance , proficiency, and skill
Queen's Scout
(in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Scout who has passed the highest tests of endurance , proficiency, and skill