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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
eagle
    n 1: any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey
         noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight [syn:
         eagle, bird of Jove]
    2: (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
    3: a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
    4: an emblem representing power; "the Roman eagle"
    v 1: shoot two strokes under par; "She eagled the hole" [syn:
         eagle, double birdie]
    2: shoot in two strokes under par

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
Eagle

   A dBASE-like dialect bundled with Emerald Bay, sold by
   Migent from 1986-1988, later renamed Vulcan when Wayne
   Ratliff reacquired the product.


4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Eagle
   (Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so
   called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for
   its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting
   high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its
   setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of
   vision (Job 39:27-30).
   
     This "ravenous bird" is a symbol of those nations whom God
   employs and sends forth to do a work of destruction, sweeping
   away whatever is decaying and putrescent (Matt. 24:28; Isa.
   46:11; Ezek. 39:4; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40). It is said
   that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring,
   and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. To this,
   allusion is made in Ps. 103:5 and Isa. 40:31. God's care over
   his people is likened to that of the eagle in training its young
   to fly (Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11, 12). An interesting illustration
   is thus recorded by Sir Humphry Davy:, "I once saw a very
   interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent
   eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the
   maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of the
   mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright
   for the climate. They at first made small circles, and the young
   birds imitated them. They paused on their wings, waiting till
   they had made their flight, and then took a second and larger
   gyration, always rising toward the sun, and enlarging their
   circle of flight so as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The
   young ones still and slowly followed, apparently flying better
   as they mounted; and they continued this sublime exercise,
   always rising till they became mere points in the air, and the
   young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents, to our
   aching sight." (See Isa. 40:31.)
   
     There have been observed in Palestine four distinct species of
   eagles, (1) the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos); (2) the
   spotted eagle (Aquila naevia); (3) the common species, the
   imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca); and (4) the Circaetos gallicus,
   which preys on reptiles. The eagle was unclean by the Levitical
   law (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12).
   

5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
EAGLE, money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 
It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains. Of one thousand parts, nine 
hundred are of pure gold, and one hundred of all Act of January 18, 1837, 4 
Sharsw. Cont. of Story's L. U. S. 2523, 4. Vide Money. 



6. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Eagle -- U.S. County in Colorado
   Population (2000):    41659
   Housing Units (2000): 22111
   Land area (2000):     1687.875116 sq. miles (4371.576296 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.926082 sq. miles (10.168506 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1691.801198 sq. miles (4381.744802 sq. km)
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.588020 N, 106.705776 W
   Headwords:
    Eagle
    Eagle, CO
    Eagle County
    Eagle County, CO


7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
   Population (2000):    129
   Housing Units (2000): 137
   Land area (2000):     1.008512 sq. miles (2.612034 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.008512 sq. miles (2.612034 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20380
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             64.786022 N, 141.199917 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, AK
    Eagle


8. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    1105
   Housing Units (2000): 413
   Land area (2000):     0.322433 sq. miles (0.835098 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.322433 sq. miles (0.835098 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14100
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.816129 N, 96.431195 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     68347
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, NE
    Eagle


9. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle-Vail, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
   Population (2000):    2887
   Housing Units (2000): 1482
   Land area (2000):     1.975490 sq. miles (5.116495 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.975490 sq. miles (5.116495 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            22225
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.621343 N, 106.492126 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81631
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle-Vail, CO
    Eagle-Vail
    Eagle, CO
    Eagle


10. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
   Population (2000):    3032
   Housing Units (2000): 1116
   Land area (2000):     2.363211 sq. miles (6.120689 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.363211 sq. miles (6.120689 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            22200
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.650515 N, 106.827178 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81631
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, CO
    Eagle


11. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
   Population (2000):    11085
   Housing Units (2000): 4048
   Land area (2000):     9.188921 sq. miles (23.799195 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.086804 sq. miles (0.224822 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    9.275725 sq. miles (24.024017 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            23410
   Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
   Location:             43.693093 N, 116.346366 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     83616
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, ID
    Eagle


12. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
   Population (2000):    130
   Housing Units (2000): 47
   Land area (2000):     0.122504 sq. miles (0.317284 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.122504 sq. miles (0.317284 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            23560
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             42.808898 N, 84.790522 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48822
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, MI
    Eagle


13. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Eagle, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
   Population (2000):    1707
   Housing Units (2000): 605
   Land area (2000):     1.267688 sq. miles (3.283297 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.267688 sq. miles (3.283297 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            21425
   Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
   Location:             42.877595 N, 88.471918 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     53119
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Eagle, WI
    Eagle


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