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欧洲产之大雕

Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[ae]etus}. The eagle
is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({Aquila
mogilnik} or {Aquila imperialis}); the American bald eagle
({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
({Hali[ae]etus albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle
({Thrasaetus harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the
king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald
eagle}, {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.

2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
dollars.

3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.

4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
standard of any people.

Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson.

Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
an emblem a double-headed eagle.

{Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.

{Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.

{Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
dollars.

{Eagle hawk} (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.

{Eagle owl} (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
maximus}). See {Horned owl}.

{Eagle ray} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
{Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).

{Eagle vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
respects, between the eagles and vultures.

Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.

The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.

{Horned bee} (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.

{Horned dace} (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.

{Horned frog} (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.

{Horned grebe} (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.

{Horned horse} (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.

{Horned lark} (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.

{Horned lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.

{Horned owl} (Zo["o]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
{eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
{long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.

{Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.

{Horned pout} (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
fish; the bullpout.

{Horned rattler} (Zo["o]l.), a species of rattlesnake
({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains,
from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular
horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.

{Horned ray} (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.

{Horned screamer} (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.

{Horned snake} (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.

{Horned toad} (Zo["o]l.), any lizard of the genus
{Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known.
These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head,
and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They
inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}.

{Horned viper}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cerastes}.