| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ea·gle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    g l |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, characterized by a powerful hooked bill, keen vision, long broad wings, and strong soaring flight. 2. A representation of an eagle used as an emblem or insignia. 3. A gold coin formerly used in the United States, stamped with an eagle on the reverse side and having a face value of ten dollars. 4. Sports A golf score of two strokes under par on a hole. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: ea·gled, ea·gling, ea·gles
Sports | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To shoot (a hole in golf) in two strokes under par. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To score an eagle in golf. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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