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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white- tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of ERNE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ern Ern, Erne Erne, n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. ? bird. ???. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zo["o]l.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Hali[ae]etus albicilla).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ern Ern, v. i. [Cf. Erme.] To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. Note: [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.] [Obs.]