Steller's sea eagle
- noun
- /ˈstɛlərz si ˈiɡəl/
- Specialized
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águila marina de Steller
- The Steller's sea eagle is one of the heaviest eagles in the world, with an impressive wingspan.
Examples
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The Steller's sea eagle is one of the largest eagles in the world.
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Wildlife photographers travel to Hokkaido to catch a glimpse of the rare Steller's sea eagle.
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Conservationists are working to protect the habitat of the Steller's sea eagle along the Pacific coast.
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Have you ever seen a Steller's sea eagle in the wild?
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The Steller's sea eagle is easily recognized by its striking white head and dark brown body.
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Conservationists are working to protect the nesting sites of the Steller's sea eagle in northern Asia.
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Bird watchers are excited to spot the majestic Steller's sea eagle soaring over the coast.
Synonyms
A large sea eagle that lives on the northwest Pacific coast with a large yellow beak
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'sea' and 'eagle' can readily infer that this is a type of eagle associated with the sea; the possessive 'Steller's' functions as a proper-name label identifying a particular variety rather than changing the basic compositional meaning. The pattern (proper-name + noun) for species names is common cross-linguistically, so the overall sense is directly recoverable from the constituents.
Etymology
Steller's sea eagle is named after Georg Steller, an explorer and scientist who first described this big coastal bird. Imagine Steller pointing at a huge bird by the sea—so Steller's + sea eagle means the sea eagle linked to Steller, and today it names the large eagle found on the coasts of northeastern Asia.
