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Webster 1913 Edition


Sea eagle

Sea′ ea′gle

.
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus
Haliaeetus
and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle (
Haliaeetus pelagicus
), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (
Haliaeetus albicilla
); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (
Polioaetus ichthyaetus
). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as
sea eagles
.
2.
(Zool.)
The eagle ray. See under
Ray
.