From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheagleea‧gle1 /ˈiːɡəl/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 HBBa very large strong bird with a beak like a hook that eats small animals, birds etc2 two strokes less than par (=the usual number of strokes for a hole) in a game of golf3 → eagle eye
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eagle• They come in the shape of a bear, an eagle and the head of a bison.• Yeah, and you can still see a bald eagle at the Desert Museum.• They do not feed the young, they do not protect them from eagles, they do not even teach them much.• Her smart blue blazer sported a golden eagle surrounded by words he had never seen before.• Mr Wolski was among the group of keepers who first saw the escaped golden eagle.• Golden eagles, see above, would alone be advised to land elsewhere.eagleeagle2 verb [transitive] to use two strokes less than the usual number of strokes for a hole in a game of golf→ See Verb tableEagle, TheThe EagleEagle, The a British weekly comic (=a magazine with stories told in pictures) for boys, which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Its best-known character was Dan Dare.From Longman Business DictionaryEagleEa‧gle /ˈiːgəl/ (also American Eagle) noun [countable] a US gold coin worth ten dollarsCoin dealers have been loading up on American Eagle gold coins, a popular choice for small investors whenever they rush to buy gold.Origin eagle (1300-1400) Old French aigle, from Latin aquila