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<hw>Eagle</hw>, <i>n.</i> There are nine species of the true Eagle, all confined to the genus <i>Haliaetus</i>, such as the <i>Baldheaded Eagle (H. leucocephalus)</i>, the national emblem of the United States. (`Century.') In Australia the name is assigned to—
Little Eagle—
<i>Aquila morphnoides</i>, Gould.
Wedge-tailed E. (Eagle-hawk)—
<i>A. audax</i>, Lath.
Whistling E.—
<i>Haliaetus sphenurus</i>, Vieill.
White-bellied Sea E.—
<i>H. leucogaster</i>, Gmel.
White-headed Sea E.—
<i>Haliaster girrenera</i>, Vieill.
<hw>Eaglehawk</hw>, <i>n.</i> an Australian name for the bird <i>Uroaetus</i>, or <i>Aquila audax</i>, Lath. The name was applied to the bird by the early colonists of New South Wales, and has persisted. In `O.E.D.' it is shown that the name was used in Griffith's translation (1829) of Cuvier's `Regne Animal' as a translation of the French <i>aigle-autour</i>, Cuvier's name for a South American bird of prey of the genus <i>Morphnus</i>, called <i>Spizaetus</i> by Vieillot; but it is added that the word never came into English use. See <i>Eagle</i>. There is a town in Victoria called Eaglehawk. The Bendigo cabmen make the name a monosyllable, "Glawk."
1834. L. E. Threlkeld, `Australian Grammar, p. 56: