n.
- Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, characterized by a powerful hooked bill, keen vision, long broad wings, and strong soaring flight.
- A representation of an eagle used as an emblem or insignia.
- A gold coin formerly used in the United States, stamped with an eagle on the reverse side and having a face value of ten dollars.
- Sports. A golf score of two strokes under par on a hole.
v. Sports, -gled, -gling, -gles. v.tr.
To shoot (a hole in golf) in two strokes under par.
v.intr.
To score an eagle in golf.
[Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila.]
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