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American eagle acquiring American identifier (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

username

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'identifier' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'american eagle acquiring american' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for United States).
'eagle' becomes 'erne' (erne is a kind of eagle).
'acquiring' indicates putting letters inside.
'american' becomes 'Am' (abbreviation in some contexts).
'erne' placed around 'am' is 'ername'.
'us'+'ername'='USERNAME'

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(Other definitions for username that I've seen before include "Log in identifier" , "Computer log-in requirement" , "Login ID" , "Something needed for logging in" , "Online identity" .)

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