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单词 eyas
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Definition of eyas in English:

eyas

nounPlural eyasses ˈʌɪəsˈīəs
  • A young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training.

    (尤指供猎鹰训练用的)雏鹰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He recently located and pulled from the nest an eyas Coopers Hawk.
    • Eyas hawks can be the best or the worst of the hawks.

Origin

Late 15th century (originally nyas): from French niais, based on Latin nidus 'nest'. The initial n was lost by wrong division of a nyas; compare with adder1.

Rhymes

Ananias, bias, Darius, dryas, Elias, Gaius, hamadryas, Lias, Mathias, pious, Tobias

Definition of eyas in US English:

eyas

(also eyass)
nounˈīəs
  • A young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training.

    (尤指供猎鹰训练用的)雏鹰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He recently located and pulled from the nest an eyas Coopers Hawk.
    • Eyas hawks can be the best or the worst of the hawks.

Origin

Late 15th century (originally nyas): from French niais, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’. The initial n was lost by wrong division of a nyas; compare with adder.

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