"legal eagle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-legal eagle.ogg [Australia] Forms: legal eagles [plural]
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-noun}} legal eagle (plural legal eagles)

Inflected forms

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