sea eagle

See also: sea-eagle

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sea eagle (plural sea eagles)

  1. An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, a white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
    • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 6:
      His face is wild and keen like a sea-eagle’s, and from his bristling brows the eyes dart glances sharp as a glancing spear.
    • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 42:
      "Up on Rannoch Moor, we often see Sea Eagles," she says, although in the rain, there is no sign of them today. "If we hit a deer, that's their lunch.
  3. A genus of eagles (genus Haliaeetus).

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