1 a large BIRDOFPREY (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) with a sharp curved beak and very good sight:
eagles soaring overhead
seealsoBALDEAGLE, GOLDENEAGLE
2 (in golf) a score of two strokes less than the standard score for a hole (= two under PAR)
compareBIRDIE, BOGEY
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