eaglet

1 5.8

A young eagle that has not yet left the nest

noun
/ˈiːɡlɪt/

: aguilucho

An eaglet will spend several weeks in the nest before learning to fly.
eaglet in the nest
baby eaglet
eaglets fledging

Examples

Abby, I was a loyal eaglet too.

Blog text (15)
Chief Sky later traded the surviving eaglet to Daniel McCann of Eagle Point, Wisc., for a bushel of corn.

Blog text (2)
Of an eaglet being born.

1776 (1972)
The strongest impact on me was "The Eaglet."

Academic text (1999)
Chief Sky later traded the surviving eaglet to ...

Blog text (2)
By the side of the road under a tree, he sees an eaglet that has landed there while trying to fly from the nest.

Academic text (1999)
The sun is shining, at which point the Freedom eagle descends on him, grabs him, takes him back to the eaglets, rips him apart and feeds on his entrails.
His adopted father, Vautrin, sees him as a "little eaglet" ("petit aiglon," 164) "strong" ("fort"), "well-built" ("carre"), and "tough" ("poilu").

Academic text (1993)
The eaglet sat in its nest, waiting for its mother to return with food.
The wildlife photographer captured a beautiful image of a young eaglet resting on a branch.

Synonyms

ringtail

vseaglet

9.9

A young golden eagle before it grows full adult feathers

is any young eagle, broader in species and not limited by plumage

fledgling

vseaglet

6.1

Describes a young bird that has just learned to fly

is usually still in the nest and not yet able to fly

Surface Forms

eaglet singular

eaglets plural

Morphology

eaglet = eagle (transparent) = eagle + let

Formed by the familiar diminutive suffix '-let' added to 'eagle', yielding 'young/small eagle', which learners can readily interpret.

Etymology

The word eaglet is made from eagle plus the small ending -let, which means 'small' and appears in words like piglet and leaflet. So, an eaglet is a 'small' or young eagle, often one still in the nest.