'Eagle owl' definitions:

Definition of 'Eagle owl'

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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 ({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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'eagle owl'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.
  • Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.
  • Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.
  • Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.
  • Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.
  • Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.
  • Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.
  • Horned owl (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
  • Horned rattler (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the sea devil.
  • Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.
  • Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.
  • Horned toad (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) See Cerastes. [1913 Webster]