These are the meanings of the letters ECLEGMA when you unscramble them.
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Camel (n.)
A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicua, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
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Camel (n.)
A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.
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Eagle (n.)
Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.
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Eagle (n.)
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
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Eagle (n.)
A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.
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Eagle (n.)
The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.
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Gleam (v. i.)
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
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Gleam (n.)
A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
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Gleam (n.)
Brightness; splendor.
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Gleam (v. t.)
To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
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Gleam (v. t.)
To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
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Gleam (v. t.)
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
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Macle (n.)
Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite.
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Macle (n.)
A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
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Macle (n.)
A twin crystal.