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Aquila chrysaetus
Eagle Ea"gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysa["e]tus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle. 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson. Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle. Bold eagle. See under Bold. Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus. Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo Virginianus), and the allied European species (B. maximus). See Horned owl. Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila). Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.
Chrysalid
Chrysalid Chrys"a*lid, a. Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.
Chrysalid
Chrysalid Chrys"a*lid, n.; pl. Chrysalids. See Chrysalis.
Chrysalides
Chrysalis Chrys"a*lis, n.; pl. Chrysalides. [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. ?, fr. ? gold. Cf. Aurelia.] (Zo["o]l.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a) .
Chrysalids
Chrysalid Chrys"a*lid, n.; pl. Chrysalids. See Chrysalis.
Chrysalis
Chrysalis Chrys"a*lis, n.; pl. Chrysalides. [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. ?, fr. ? gold. Cf. Aurelia.] (Zo["o]l.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a) .
Chrysaniline
Chrysaniline Chrys*an"i*line, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + E. anilene.] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum Chrys*an"the*mum, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; chryso`s gold + ? flower.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.
Chrysanthemum Balsamita
Costmary Cost"ma*ry (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. ???, cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf. Alecost.] (Bot.) A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum
Whiteweed White"weed`, n. (Bot.) A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
Chrysanthemum Parthenium
Pellitory Pel"li*to*ry, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See Bertram.] (Bot.) (a) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain. (b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.
Chrysanthemum segetum
Goldin Gold"in, Golding Gold"ing, n. (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]
Chrysarobin
Chrysarobin Chrys`a*ro"bin, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + araroba a foreign name of Goa powder + -in.] (Chem.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.
Chrysaurin
Chrysaurin Chrys*au"rin, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + L. aurum gold. So called from its color.] An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.
Pyrethrum or Chrysanthemum Parthenium
Feverfew Fe"ver*few, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

Meaning of Chrysa from wikipedia

- Chrysa may refer to: Chrysa (Xanthi), a quarter of Xanthi, Greece Chrysa Spiliotis (1956–2018), Gr**** stage and television actress, playwright and radio...
- Chrysa Spiliotis (also Chrisa Spilioti; Gr****: Χρυσή (Χρύσα) Σπηλιώτη; 12 January 1956 – 23 July 2018) was a Gr**** stage and television actress, playwright...
- Chrysa (Gr****: Χρύσα) is the western quarter of the town Xanthi, in northern Greece. It was originally built as a settlement for refugees after the Greco-Turkish...
- Shou Suzuki in Mob Psycho 100, and Raichu, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Chrysa, and Allister in the Pokémon anime. In 2019, Mongillo voiced the main character...
- Chrysa Dimoulidou (born 1957) is a Gr**** novelist, writing in modern Gr****. She was born in Serres, northern Greece, where she grew up. From 1976 until...
- A board of trustees has seven members with a three or four-year term. Chrysa E. Nikolaou was appointed Director General in 2024. The previous Director...
- The Battle of Chrysas was fought in 392 BC in the course of the Sicilian Wars, between the Carthaginian army under Mago and a Gr**** army under Dionysius...
- Greece: In 2008, Gr**** broadcaster ET1 premiered a Gr**** remake entitled Chrysa Koritsia (Gr****: Xρυσά κορίτσια, Gold[en] Girls), which features the four...
- later found and pronounced dead on August 21, 2018. Murdered 1 month 2018 Chrysa Spiliotis 62 Greece Gr**** stage and television actress who perished during...
- systems that ran on Xerox's later Star workstations; Mezzano; Interim; ChrysaLisp, by developers of Tao Systems' TAOS; and also the Guix System for GNU/Linux...