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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ern \Ern\, Erne \Erne\, noun [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ["o]rn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. ? bird. [root]11. Cf. {Ornithology}.] (Zo["o]l.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle ({Hali[ae]etus albicilla}).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
erne
noun: bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: {ern}, {gray sea eagle}, {European sea eagle}, {white-tailed sea eagle}, {Haliatus albicilla}]
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