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Definition of Short-toed eagle
1. Noun. Any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short-toed Eagle
Literary usage of Short-toed eagle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"Kestrel, the short-toed eagle, and the Elenora Falcon, where the examination was
unavoidably restricted to one side of the neck, the numbers found were two, ..."
2. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"The next reference is in Dt 32 11: short-toed eagle ... and the short- toed eagle,
most common of all and especially a bird of prey, as also a small hooded ..."
3. Scripture Natural History by Henry Chichester Hart, William Howse Groser (1888)
"The short-toed eagle is the commonest species, and the great abundance of lizards
and serpents accounts for this, since it feeds entirely on reptiles. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible by John D. Davis (1911)
"By far the most abundant of all is the short-toed eagle. It feeds on reptiles.
It is numerous in summer and autumn. In winter it occurs more sparingly, ..."
5. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"... or ' short-toed eagle.' This is by far the commonest of all Palestinian eagles.
They remain from early spring to the beginning of winter, ..."
6. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"... besides which the following also hibernate there : the Imperial Eagle, Spotted
Eagle, short-toed eagle, Merlin, Pallid Harrier (C. pallidus), Swift, ..."
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