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bird of Jove

DEFINITIONS OF: bird of Jove

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n any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

Synonyms:
eagle
Types:
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eaglet
a young eagle
Harpia harpyja, harpy, harpy eagle
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
Aquila chrysaetos, golden eagle
large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck
Aquila rapax, tawny eagle
brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia
American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
sea eagle
any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish
ringtail
an immature golden eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus, Kamchatkan sea eagle, Stellar's sea eagle
found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific
European sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, ern, erne, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle
bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
Haliaeetus leucorhyphus, fishing eagle
of southeast Europe and central Asia
Type of:
bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird
any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
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