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eaglet

[ ee-glit ]

noun

  1. a young eagle.


eaglet

/ ˈiːɡlɪt /

noun

  1. a young eagle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eaglet1

First recorded in 1565–75, eaglet is from the Middle French word aiglette (in heraldry). See eagle, -et
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Example Sentences

He had not seen the third eaglet and he did not want to wait before summoning help for the two he had been able to rescue.

And an eaglet does not start off flying from the ground, but from the nest.

With regards to Patterson, the cops ended up issuing him four citations, two per eaglet.

The third eaglet was never found despite a search by the Flint Creek volunteers and the landowner.

The eaglet herself would not be able to put up much of a fight.

I call the Most High to witness—she submitted to all my demands meekly, as though she were no eaglet, but a tethered lamb!

Babette gave one scream, and sprang aside, but she could not turn her eyes away from Rudy or the eaglet.

Enquiries were at once set on foot regarding the mysterious "Eaglet" mentioned by the oracle.

Puzzled and alarmed, the mother now perched herself beside the other eaglet, on the edge of the nest.

The rude and rough experience of the eaglet fits him to become the bold king of birds, fierce and expert in pursuing his prey.

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