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eagle
English
Etymology
From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i???l/
- Rhymes: -i???l
Noun
eagle (plural eagles)
- Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- Synonyms: erne, broadwing
- (US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
- (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
Coordinate terms
(golf):
- buzzard
- bogey
- par
- birdie
- albatross
- condor
- ostrich
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (13th-c. counterfeit coin):
- pollard
- rosary
- mitre
- leonine
- scalding
- crockard
- steeping
Verb
eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
- (golf) To score an eagle.
Translations
Further reading
- Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Aegle, aglee
Danish
Etymology
From English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?i???l]
Noun
eagle c (singular definite eaglen, plural indefinite eagler)
- (golf) eagle (two under par)
References
- “eagle” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English eagle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?l/
Noun
eagle m (plural eagles)
- (golf) eagle
Coordinate terms
- bogey
- birdie
- albatros
eagle From the web:
- what eagles eat
- what eagle is on the mexican flag
- what eagles players are injured
- what eagle is the biggest
- what eagles member died
- what eagle has the best eyesight
- what eagle represents
- what eagles live in north america
buzzard
English
Etymology
From Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin bute?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?z??d/
Noun
buzzard (plural buzzards)
- Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
- (Canada, US) Any scavenging bird such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
- (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
- (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
- 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1]
- An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Animated Nature, Volume 6, Index,[2]
- It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.
- 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1]
- (golf) Synonym of double bogey
Synonyms
- buteo
- broadwing
- turkey vulture
- vulture
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- buzzard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
buzzard From the web:
- what buzzards eat
- what buzzards symbolize
- what buzzards won't eat
- buzzard meaning
- what buzzards are protected
- what buzzards attack humans
- buzzard what they eat
- buzzard what does it look like
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