wedge-tailed eagle

English

Noun

wedge-tailed eagle (plural wedge-tailed eagles)

1. A large Australian bird of prey, Aquila audax; the eaglehawk.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 85:

     In the front paddock a wedge-tailed eagle was skimming down the line of the fence-posts.

   • 2016 July 12, Melissa Davey, The Guardian:

     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.

Translations

eaglehawk — see eaglehawk