| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) |
aerie
,
aery
,
eyrie
,
eyry
|
| eagle nest |
aerie
,
eyrie
|
| large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
American eagle
,
bald eagle
,
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
|
| large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
Aquila chrysaetos
,
golden eagle
|
| brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia |
Aquila rapax
,
tawny eagle
|
| hooked like eagle's beak |
aquiline
|
| young eagle |
eaglet
|
| bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland |
ern
,
erne
,
European sea eagle
,
gray sea eagle
,
grey sea eagle
,
Haliatus albicilla
,
white-tailed sea eagle
|
| eagle rays |
family Myliobatidae
,
Myliobatidae
|
| winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion |
griffin
,
griffon
,
gryphon
|
| mythical creature, part lion, part eagle |
griffin
,
gryphon
|
| large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America |
Harpia harpyja
,
harpy
,
harpy eagle
|
| (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him |
Prometheus
|
| immature golden eagle |
ringtail
|
| emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
spread eagle
|
| eagle's claw |
talon
|
