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sea eagle

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Any of various fish-eating eagles or similar birds, such as the bald eagle or the osprey.

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sea eagle

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various fish-eating eagles that live near the sea, esp Haliaetus albicilla (European sea eagle or white-tailed eagle) having a brown plumage and white tail

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Noun	1.	sea eagle - large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years fish eagle, fish hawk, osprey, Pandion haliaetus hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail genus Pandion, Pandion - type genus of the Pandionidae
	2.	sea eagle - any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish bird of Jove, eagle - any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight genus Haliaeetus, Haliaeetus - a genus of Accipitridae Haliaeetus pelagicus, Kamchatkan sea eagle, Stellar's sea eagle - found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific ern, erne, European sea eagle, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle - bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland fishing eagle, Haliaeetus leucorhyphus - of southeast Europe and central Asia