eaglet

Definition

The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.

Etymology

From eagle + -let (diminutive suffix).

Example Sentences

• "He [Christopher North] speaks in his "Second Canticle" of "the imps," "the eaglets," "the young ones," "the bursting of the shells," as though it were the commoner occurrence for there to be several eaglets in a nest. This is not the case."
• "Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin."
• "[A]fter the ten days Arkirie came to the king and asked him to give him two eaglets."