Descry

Posted: May 25th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Animals and Nature | Tags: | 1 Comment »

Golden Eagle

The Golden Eagle’s eyes are so sharp that it is able to descry the twitch of a rabbit from two miles away. This partly results from their relatively large size; if human eyes were of the same proportion, they would be the size of clenched fists.

Descry (pronounced “dih-SCRY”)

1. To catch sight of (something difficult to discern).
2. To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect: descried a message of hope in her words.

Synonyms

espy

Source

BBC, Photo from: here

One Comment on “Descry”

  1. 1 Espy | Use in a Sentence | Word-a-Day Wonder said at 3:16 am on August 4th, 2010:

    [...] detect, glimpse, descry [...]

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