Definition of Eaglet

1. Noun. A young eagle.

Generic synonyms: Bird Of Jove, Eagle, Young Bird
Derivative terms: Eagle

Definition of Eaglet

1. n. A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

Definition of Eaglet

1. Noun. The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eaglet

1. a young eagle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Eaglet

1. A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle. Origin: Cf. OF. Aiglet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eaglet

eagle-eyed
eagle-owl
eagle eye
eagle owl
eagle owls
eagle ray
eagle scout
eagled
eaglehawk
eaglehawks
eaglelike
eagles
eagless
eaglestone
eaglestones
eaglet (current term)
eaglets
eaglewood
eaglewoods
eagling
eagre
eagreness
eagres
eakerite
ealdorman
ealdormen
eale
eales
eam

Literary usage of Eaglet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
""THE eaglet." The Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his second consort, Marie Louise of Austria, was a frivolous young man, whose early exit ..."

2. The Wallet of Time: Containing Personal, Biographical, and Critical by William Winter (1913)
""THE eaglet." The Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his second consort, Marie Louise of Austria, was a frivolous young man, whose early exit ..."

3. Ballads and Poems by Glasgow Ballad Club (1885)
"THE eaglet AND THE CHILD. THE Baron cam' to his castle yett: " O wifie, let me in; For I wi' rain and bluid am wet, And sair and weary-blin'. ..."

4. Lessons for Children by Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1842)
"Eagle, eaglet. Stag, Buck, Doe, Hart, Hind, Fawn. Hare, Levelet. The Lion lives in a den. He is very strong. He has a great deal of thick yellow hair about ..."

5. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... as sheathes A film the mother-eagle's eyo When her bruised eaglet breathes : "You're wounded!" "Nay," his soldier's pride Touched to the quick, ..."

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