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Noun: eagle  ee-gul
  1. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
    - bird of Jove
     
  2. (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
     
  3. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
     
  4. An emblem representing power
    "the Roman eagle"
Verb: eagle  ee-gul
  1. (golf) shoot two strokes under par
    "She eagled the hole";
    - double birdie

Derived forms: eagling, eagled, eagles

Type of: allegory, bird of prey, coin, emblem, rack up, raptor, raptorial bird, score, shoot, tally

Part of: Accipitridae, family Accipitridae

Encyclopedia: Eagle, New York