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  2. Phoenix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The phoenix is an immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. While it is part of Greek mythology, it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion ...

  3. Eagle (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    An eagle rising or rousant (essorant) is preparing to fly, but its feet are still on the ground. It is the eagle's version of statant (standing in profile and facing the right side of the field). with wings addorsed and elevated means in profile with the wings swept to the back and their tips extended upwards.

  4. Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus Aquila. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. [1]

  5. United States Army branch insignia - Wikipedia

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    An eagle rising with wings displayed standing on a bundle of two arrows, all enclosed in a wreath, all gold color 3/4 inch in height. After being deemed obsolete, the insignia was still worn until 2014 by Warrant Officer Candidates until they graduated from the Warrant Officer Basic Course.

  6. Coat of arms of Panama - Wikipedia

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    Pro Mundi Beneficio. (Latin: "For the benefit of the World") The Panamanian coat of arms is a heraldic symbol for Panama. These arms were adopted provisionally and then definitively by the same laws that adopted the Panamanian flag . The harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja ), the Panamanian national bird, is the species of eagle on this coat of arms.

  7. Attitude (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    In heraldry, the term attitude describes the position in which a figure (animal or human) is emblazoned as a charge, a supporter, or as a crest. The attitude of a heraldic figure always precedes any reference to the tincture of the figure and its parts. Some attitudes apply only to predatory beasts, exemplified by the beast most usual to ...

  8. Double-headed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The double-headed eagle is an iconographic symbol originating in the Bronze Age. A heraldic charge, it is used with the concept of an empire. Most modern uses of the emblem are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the late Byzantine Empire, originally a dynastic emblem of the Palaiologoi.

  9. Aquila (Roman) - Wikipedia

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    An aquila ( Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard. Each legion carried one eagle. The eagle had quasi-religious importance to the Roman soldier, far beyond being merely ...