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Ern

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erne also ern  (ûrn)
n.
Any of several sea eagles, especially Haliaeetus albicilla, of Europe.
[Middle English ern, eagle, from Old English earn; see or- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.Ernern - bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
erne, European sea eagle, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle
sea eagle - any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish


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somewhere, is the entrance to the cav- ern," said the aged man.
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He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the south- ern prison-house of bondage, and feeling his curiosity excited to ascertain the principles and measures of the abolitionists,--of whom he had heard a somewhat vague description while he was a slave,--he was in- duced to give his attendance, on the occasion al- luded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford.
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