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Erne   /ərn/   Listen
Erne

noun
1.
Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland.  Synonyms: ern, European sea eagle, gray sea eagle, grey sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla, white-tailed sea eagle.





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"Erne" Quotes from Famous Books



... spreading of the water, an exodus of the inhabitants, such has undoubtedly been the history of Lough Derg and Lough Ree, which are but reservoirs in the course of the River Shannon, while the upper and lower Erne lakes are likewise simply expansions of the river Erne. Lough Neag had a similar origin, the same being also true of Loughs Allen and Key. The Killarney Lakes give indisputable evidence of the manner in which they were formed, ...
— Irish Wonders • D. R. McAnally, Jr.
... wolf! Hoi! come kite! Hoi! come erne from off the fen! You followed us, and we fed you well, when Swend Forkbeard brought us over the sea. Follow us now, and we will feed you better still, with the mongrel Frenchers who scoff at the tongue of their forefathers, and would rob their ...
— Hereward, The Last of the English • Charles Kingsley


Words linked to "Erne" :   sea eagle


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