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BIRD OF JOVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bird of Jove mean?
• BIRD OF JOVE (noun)
The noun BIRD OF JOVE has 1 sense:
1. any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
Familiarity information: BIRD OF JOVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bird of Jove; eagle
Hypernyms ("bird of Jove" is a kind of...):
bird of prey; raptor; raptorial bird (any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of Jove"):
eaglet (a young eagle)
Harpia harpyja; harpy; harpy eagle (large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America)
Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle (large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck)
Aquila rapax; tawny eagle (brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia)
American eagle; bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus (a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body)
sea eagle (any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish)
Holonyms ("bird of Jove" is a member of...):
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
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