wedge-tailed eagle
English
Noun
wedge-tailed eagle (plural wedge-tailed eagles)
- A large Australian bird of prey, Aquila audax; the eaglehawk.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 85:
- In the front paddock a wedge-tailed eagle was skimming down the line of the fence-posts.
- 2016, Melissa Davey, The Guardian, 12 July:
- A wedge-tailed eagle that was part of a birds of prey show at Alice Springs Desert Park flew at a young boy and latched on to his head with its talons instead of flying over to a perch as it had been trained to.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 85:
Translations
eaglehawk — see eaglehawk