Ern \Ern\, Erne \Erne\, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend,
OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and
to Gr. ? bird. [root]11. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zo["o]l.)
A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle
({Hali[ae]etus albicilla).
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
erne
n : bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white
tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, gray sea
eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus
albicilla]
WordNet (r) 2.0
earl erne, ern, European sea eagle, gray sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, hms erne, john crichton, 3rd earl erne, john crichton, 4th earl erne, john crichton, 5th earl erne, lough erne, river erne, white-tailed sea eagle
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