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imperial eagle

American  

noun

  1. a brown eagle, Aquila heliaca, of Asia and southern Europe: the subspecies A. heliaca adalberti is endangered.


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Donana boasts lagoons, marshlands, scrub woodland, beaches and sand dunes and is home to fallow deer, badgers and endangered species including the Spanish imperial eagle and the Iberian lynx.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2023

About 100 miles to the east as the Spanish imperial eagle flies lies Hondarribia, hometown of José María Olazábal, who won two Masters in the 1990s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2023

After the virus hammered populations in the Iberian Peninsula, killing 60% to 70%, two predators that depend rabbits also declined: the Spanish imperial eagle by 45% and the Iberian lynx by 65%.

From Science Magazine • May 20, 2020

Cian Dayrit merged an upholstered prayer bench with a decorative boudoir vanity, topped by a carved imperial eagle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2018

An old soldier will not resist the sight of you and of the imperial eagle when he knows that the garrison follows you.'

From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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