white-breasted sea eagle

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English

Noun

white-breasted sea eagle (plural white-breasted sea eagles)

  1. A large bird of prey, Haliaeetus leucogaster, native across Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 170:
      The white-breasted sea eagle’s flight was almost noiseless as it dropped out of the sky, falling down, descending down, so quick, until it flew, whistling in behind Will to scoop the stinking trevally up from the mud.

Synonyms

  • white-bellied sea eagle(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)
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