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Erne

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of several sea eagles, especially Haliaeetus albicilla, of Europe.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An eagle.

n. An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland

Word Usage

"I was once of the opinion that there was a diversity of kind between the eagle and the erne, till I perceived that our nation used the word erne in most places for the eagle."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sea eagle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

white-tailed eagle sea eagle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bern Berne Fern Hearn Herne Kern Laverne Stern Sterne Verne