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SEA EAGLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sea eagle" is a kind of...):

bird of Jove; eagle (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea eagle"):

Haliaeetus pelagicus; Kamchatkan sea eagle; Stellar's sea eagle (found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific)

ern; erne; European sea eagle; gray sea eagle; grey sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla; white-tailed sea eagle (bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland)

fishing eagle; Haliaeetus leucorhyphus (of southeast Europe and central Asia)

Holonyms ("sea eagle" is a member of...):

genus Haliaeetus; Haliaeetus (a genus of Accipitridae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years

Synonyms:

fish eagle; fish hawk; osprey; Pandion haliaetus; sea eagle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sea eagle" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("sea eagle" is a member of...):

genus Pandion; Pandion (type genus of the Pandionidae)

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