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[ ee-glit ] / ˈi glɪt /
Origin of eagletFirst recorded in 1565–75, eaglet is from the Middle French word aiglette (in heraldry). See eagle, -et Words nearby eagleteagle owl, Eagle Pass, eagle ray, eagle scout, eaglestone, eaglet, eaglewood, eagre, EAK, Eakins, ealdorman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eagletHe had not seen the third eaglet and he did not want to wait before summoning help for the two he had been able to rescue. He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST And an eaglet does not start off flying from the ground, but from the nest. He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The third eaglet was never found despite a search by the Flint Creek volunteers and the landowner. He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The eaglet herself would not be able to put up much of a fight. He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The jacket and gloves were a precaution in the event the eaglet panicked, but there was little fuss as he tossed the net over her. He Faces Jail for Rescuing Baby Eagles|Michael Daly|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST A most proper occupation for an eaglet such as thou,” said Hauskuld; “that is to say, if the cause be a good one. Erling the Bold|R.M. Ballantyne Puzzled and alarmed, the mother now perched herself beside the other eaglet, on the edge of the nest. Kings in Exile|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts The eaglet flew above his head; but he left his horse on land. Indian Fairy Tales|Anonymous His parents were plain people, without culture or means; one cannot guess how this eaglet came into so lowly a nest. McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4.|Various Then he tied an eaglet to each wrist and commanded them to fly down with him. Myths and Legends of British North America|Katharine Berry Judson
British Dictionary definitions for eagletCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |