Seal of New Mexico | ClipArt ETC

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The Great Seal of the State of New Mexico, 1850. The seal pictures the American Bald Eagle and the Mexican Eagle holding a cactus in its talons and a snake in its mouth. Below them is a banner with the state motto, 'Crescit Eundo' meaning "It grows as it goes."

Keywords

America, bald eagle, cactus, Crescit eundo, great seal of New Mexico, Mexican eagle, New Mexico seal, snake, state motto, State Seal, United States, US state

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New Mexico, State Flags and Seals

Source:

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)