Definition of erne Erne

/ɚˈn/ - [ern] - erne

We found 9 definitions of erne from 7 different sources.

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What does erne mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

erne - bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
  ern, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • erne (Noun)
    An eagle.
  • erne (Noun)
    An eagle with a distinctive white tail; specifically, the White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • erne (n.)
    A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • erne
    (Haliaeetus albicilla) Largest eagle of Europe.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • erne
    Ä—rn, n. the eagle. [A.S. earn; cf. Ice. orn, Dut. arend.]
  • erne
    Ä—rn, v.i. obsolete form of earn, to yearn

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • erne
    From the Anglo-Saxon earne, a vulture, a bird of the eagle kind. Now used to denote the sea-eagle.

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  • erne, noun, singular of ernes.

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