* the eagle.
In Hebrew, {nesher,} Chaldee, {neshar,} Syriac, {neshro,} and
Arabic, {nishr,} the eagle, one of the largest, strongest,
swiftest, fiercest, and most rapacious of the feathered race.
His eye is large, dark, and piercing; his beak powerful and
hooked; his legs strong and feathered; his feet yellow and
armed with four very long and terrific claws; his wings very
large and powerful; his body compact and robust; his bones
hard; his flesh firm; his feathers coarse; his attitude
fierce and erect; his motions lively; his flight extremely
rapid and towering; and his cry the terror of every wing.
De 14:12-20 Job 28:7 38:41 39:27-30 Jer 4:13,22 48:40 La 4:19
Ho 8:1 Hab 1:8 Mt 24:28 Ro 1:28-32 3:13-17 Tit 3:3
the ossifrage.
{Peres,} from {paras} to break, probably the species of eagle
anciently called {ossifraga} or bone-breaker, (from {os,} a
bone, and {frango,} to break,) because it not only strips off
the flesh, but breaks the bone, in order to extract the
marrow.
the ospray.
Hebrew {┌niyah,} Arabic {azan,} and Chaldee {azyah,} (from
{azaz,} to be strong,) a species of eagle, probably the black
eagle, so remarkable for its strength.
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