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Definition of Sea eagle

1. Noun. Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.

2. Noun. Any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish.

Definition of Sea eagle

1. Noun. An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the White-tailed Eagle ''(Haliaeetus albicilla)''. ¹

2. Noun. A genus of eagles (genus Haliaeetus). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea eagle

1. 1. Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. Pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. Albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles. 2. The eagle ray. See Ray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Eagle

sea daffodils sea dahlia sea day sea devil sea devils sea dog sea dogs sea dotterel sea dove sea dragon

sea dragons sea drake sea drakes sea duck sea ducks sea eagle (current term) sea eagles sea eel sea egg sea elephant

sea eryngium sea fan sea fans sea feather sea fennel sea fern sea fir sea flewer sea foam sea fowl

Literary usage of Sea eagle

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In former days the Sea- Eagle teems to have bred in several parts of England — as the ... In the far east of Asia occurs a still larger and finer Sea-Eagle, ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1862)
"The time for the sea-eagle's fishing is when the warm weather brings it_s ... A lame sea-eagle soon attacked it, when the goose resorted to the usual ruse ..."

3. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"... second and third quills longest, the outer five cut out abruptly on the inner web. Tail rather long, rounded. Duodenum convoluted. WASHINGTON SEA-EAGLE. ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"When approached the Sandpiper first sat up like a little duck, then rose and flew ashore.— JT NICHOLS, New York City. Gray sea eagle off Nantucket. ..."

5. British Zoology by Thomas Pennant (1776)
"Plinii lib. 10. c. 3. Sib. hift. Scot. 14. sea eagle, or ... 268, 269. and Crew's Rarities, p. 297. sea eagle ..."

6. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"Among the raptorial birds of the Arctic regions, the sea-eagle ... The sea-eagle is equally formidable to the denizens of the ocean, but sometimes too ..."

7. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Among the raptorial birds of the Arctic regions, the sea-eagle ... The sea-eagle is equally formidable to the denizens of the ocean, but sometimes too great ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A finer specimen than this is the northern sea- eagle (Haliaetus pelagicus) of northeastern Asia. It is conspicuous by its large form and bill, ..."

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