sea eagle en · NOUN
Meanings
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An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
"Up on Rannoch Moor, we often see Sea Eagles," she says, although in the rain, there is no sign of them today. "If we hit a deer, that's their lunch.
2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 42:His face is wild and keen like a sea-eagle’s, and from his bristling brows the eyes dart glances sharp as a glancing spear.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 6:
- A genus of eagles (genus Haliaeetus).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sea eagles | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sea-eagle | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
white-breasted sea eagle · Steller's sea eagle · red-backed sea-eagle · Sanford's sea eagle · white-bellied sea eagle · Kamchatkan sea eagle
Synonyms
white-tailed eagle (an eagle with a distinctive white tail - Haliaeetus albicilla) · erne (an eagle with a distinctive white tail - Haliaeetus albicilla)
Translations (14)
pl bielik (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melakvilül (genus Haliaeetus) · ms helang laut (genus Haliaeetus) · de Seeadler (genus Haliaeetus) · ja 海鷲 (genus Haliaeetus) · la ossifragus (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melahikvil (genus Haliaeetus) · fr pygargue (genus Haliaeetus) · he עֵיטָם (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melajikvilül (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melahikvilül (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melakvil (genus Haliaeetus) · vo melajikvil (genus Haliaeetus) · fi merikotkat (genus Haliaeetus)