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
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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