Allerion, in Heraldry, an eagle with expanded wings, but without beak or feet. The best-known examples of it are in the arms of the duchy of Lorraine, and of the family of Montmorency. In the earlier heraldry it has both beak and claws, and is described as a large species of eagle.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 171
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