Word Meanings - EAGLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A female or hen eagle. Sherwood.

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• FEMALE
  A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant. (more info) 1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or
• EAGLESTONE
  A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
• EAGLEWOOD
  A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
• EAGLE-EYED
  Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.
• EAGLE-SIGHTED
  Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.
• FEMALE FERN
  a common species of fern with large decompound fronds , growing in many countries; lady fern. Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. Syn.
• EAGLET
  A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
• EAGLE-WINGED
  Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.
• EAGLESS
  A female or hen eagle. Sherwood.
• EAGLE
  Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliæetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle ; the
• FEMALE RHYMES
  double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
• BALD EAGLE
  The white-headed eagle of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States.
• SPREAD-EAGLED
  1. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment. 2. being in a position with the arms and legs extended fully.
• PORBEAGLE
  A species of shark , about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark.
• WATER EAGLE
  The osprey.
• SPREAD-EAGLE
  Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
• GIER-EAGLE
  A bird referred to in the Bible as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture .
• BEAGLE
  1. A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix. 2. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
• SEA EAGLE
  Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliæetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle ; and the Indian white-
• BOLD EAGLE
  an Australian eagle , which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture. Syn. -- Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted;
• PROBEAGLE
  See PORBEAGLE