eagles

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a large, strong bird with a curved beak that eats meat and can see very well

in golf, the act of getting the ball into the hole in two shots (= hits) less than par (= the expected number) for that hole:

She finished the day one stroke behind the leader, having shot the only eagle of the tournament so far.

He finished with an eagle to shoot a six-under par 66.

in golf, to get the ball into the hole in two shots (= hits) less than par (= the expected number) for that hole:

Lundberg eagled the 15th to hold on to the lead.

He holed out from 189 yards to eagle the par-four 17th.

a large, strong bird with a curved beak that eats meat and has good sight

an American gold or silver coin that people collect or use as an investment:

American eagles have become leading bullion coin investment products.