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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 ({A.
      mogilnik or imperialis}); the American bald eagle
      ({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
      ({H. 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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Bubo virginianus
     n : brown North American horned owl [syn: {great horned owl}]