ea·gle /ˈigəl/
 鷹;鷹徽;鷹座


 Ea·gle n.
 1. Zoöl. Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus.  The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight.  The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaëtus); the imperial eagle of Europe (Aquila mogilnik or Aquila imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia).  The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices.  See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
 3. Astron. A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
    Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.
 Note: ☞ Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle.
 Bald eagle. See Bald eagle.
 Bold eagle. See under Bold.
 Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars.
 Eagle hawk Zoöl., a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus.
 Eagle owl Zoöl., any large owl of the genus Bubo, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo Virginianus), and the allied European species (B. maximus). See Horned owl.
 Eagle ray Zoöl., any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila).
 Eagle vulture Zoöl., a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.

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 eagle
      n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
           noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
           [syn: bird of Jove]
      2: (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
      3: a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
      4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle"
      v : shoot in two strokes under par


 Eagle
    (Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so
    called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for
    its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting
    high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its
    setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of
    vision (Job 39:27-30).

      This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God
    employs and sends forth to do a work of destruction, sweeping
    away whatever is decaying and putrescent (Matt. 24:28; Isa.
    46:11; Ezek. 39:4; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40). It is said
    that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring,
    and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. To this,
    allusion is made in Ps. 103:5 and Isa. 40:31. God's care over
    his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young
    to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 12). An interesting illustration
    is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:, "I once saw a very
    interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent
    eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the
    maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of the
    mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright
    for the climate. They at first made small circles, and the young
    birds imitated them. They paused on their wings, waiting till
    they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger
    gyration, always rising toward the sun, and enlarging their
    circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The
    young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better
    as they mounted; and they continued this sublime exercise,
    always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the
    young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our
    aching sight." (See Isa. 40:31.)

      There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of
    eagles, (1) the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the
    spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the
    imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus,
    which preys on reptiles. The eagle was unclean by the Levitical
    law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).