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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

alerion

/uh-leer-ee-uhn, -on/US // əˈlɪər i ən, -ˌɒn //

藻类,藻华,藻井,藻类植物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Heraldry.

    • : an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.

Examples

  • A curious form of the eagle is found in the alerion, which is represented without beak or legs.

  • Loraine produces alerion, which is assigned as the reason for that house bearing eaglets in their arms.

  • The Alerion is a small bird of the eagle tribe, heraldically depicted as without beak or feet.

  • Some writers confound it with the martlet, stating that the alerion is the same bird with its wings displayed or extended.

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