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Flesh-eating eagle
Answer for the clue "Flesh-eating eagle ", 4 letters:
erne
Alternative clues for the word erne
Word definitions for erne in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sea eagle," from Old English earn "eagle," from Proto-Germanic *aron- , *arnuz "eagle" (cognates: Old High German arn , German Aar , Middle Dutch arent , Old Norse örn , Gothic ara "eagle"), from PIE root *or- "great bird" (cognates: Greek ornis "bird," ...
Usage examples of erne.
Erne, looking so wonderfully handsome and so exquisitely clean, that going to Augusta Court to superintend the emptying of a cesspool became absolutely impossible.
Their lords were at home, furbishing up their arms and armor, whacking grimly away at painted four-by-fours in the backyard or arranging hurried private sessions with John Erne.
Few of their combats lasted longer than three minutes, and the referee—one Sir Roric the Uncouth, who wore a full bearskin and a pair of plaid shorts—laughed and called jokes to a wincing John Erne as he named the victors.