Eagle cryptically revealing descent? (7)
I believe the answer is:
lineage
This could be a double definition.
'eagle cryptically' is the first definition.
'lineage' can be an answer for 'eagle' (the word 'eagle' is 'l' in 'eage'). I'm unsure of the 'cryptically' bit.
'descent?' is the second definition.
(I know that descent can be written as lineage)
'revealing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lineage that I've seen before include "The strain" , "Genealogy" , "Line of descendants of an ancestor" , "Pedigree, family tree" , "Old family members" .)