Bald eagle () The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. |
Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly |
Bellied (imp. & p. p.) of Belly |
Big-bellied (a.) Having a great belly |
Bold eagle () an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. |
Broken-bellied (a.) Having a ruptured belly. |
Chestnut (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. |
Chestnut (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. |
Chestnut (n.) A bright brown color, like that of the nut. |
Chestnut (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England). |
Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. |
Chestnut (n.) An old joke or story. |
Chestnut (a.) Of the color of a chestnut |
Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) |
Eagle (n.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. |
Eagle (n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. |
Eagle (n.) The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. |
Eagle-eyed (a.) Sharp-sighted as an eagle. |
Eagle-sighted (a.) Farsighted and strong-sighted |
Eagle-winged (a.) Having the wings of an eagle |
Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side |
Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). |
Gor-bellied (a.) Bog-bellied. |
Great-bellied (a.) Having a great belly |
Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. |
Hawk (v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey |
Hawk (v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing |
Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances. |
Hawk (v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm. |
Hawk (n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. |
Hawk (v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street |
Hawk (n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. |
Hawk-eyed (a.) Having a keen eye |
Hawk moth () Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Horse-chestnut (n.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. |
Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes. |
Hover-hawk (n.) The kestrel. |
Pot-bellied (a.) Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot. |
Sea eagle () Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail |
Sea eagle () The eagle ray. See under Ray. |
Sea hawk () A jager gull. |
Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style |
Swag-bellied (a.) Having a prominent, overhanging belly. |
Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun |
Vanner hawk () The kestrel. |
Water chestnut () The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points |
Water eagle () The osprey. |
Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth |
spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line |
eagle ray | powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins, usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays |
spotted eagle ray spotted ray Aetobatus narinari | ray with back covered with white or yellow spots, widely distributed in warm seas |
white-bellied swallow tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
hawk | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus | small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa |
Cooper's hawk blue darter Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
chicken hawk hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
rough-legged hawk roughleg Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus | North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
marsh hawk northern harrier hen harrier Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
harrier eagle short-toed eagle | any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
sparrow hawk American kestrel kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
pigeon hawk merlin Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
eagle bird of Jove | any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight |
harpy harpy eagle Harpia harpyja | large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America |
golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
tawny eagle Aquila rapax | brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia |
bald eagle American eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus | a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body |
sea eagle | any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish |
Kamchatkan sea eagle Stellar's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus | found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | 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 |
osprey fish hawk fish eagle sea eagle Pandion haliaetus | large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
hawk owl Surnia ulula | grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina | toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside |
red-bellied terrapin red-bellied turtle redbelly Pseudemys rubriventris | freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell |
slider yellow-bellied terrapin Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
red-bellied snake Storeria occipitamaculata | harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States |
nighthawk bullbat mosquito hawk | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius | eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
hawkmoth hawk moth sphingid sphinx moth hummingbird moth | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed |
chestnut | a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse |
liver chestnut | a solid dark brown horse |
chestnut | a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg |
mortarboard hawk | a square board with a handle underneath, used by masons to hold or carry mortar |
chestnut | the brown color of chestnuts |
hawk nose | a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk |
eagle | an emblem representing power, the Roman eagle |
spread eagle | an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
water chestnut | edible bulbous tuber of a Chinese marsh plant |
chestnut | edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea |
ball hawk | a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball |
Eagle Scout | a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges |
hawk war hawk | an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations |
Black Hawk Makataimeshekiakiak | Sauk leader who in led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (-) |
hawk's-beard hawk's-beards | any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem, northern hemisphere |