Definition of Bald eagle

1. Noun. A large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body.

Exact synonyms: American Eagle, Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
Generic synonyms: Bird Of Jove, Eagle
Group relationships: Genus Haliaeetus, Haliaeetus

Definition of Bald eagle

1. Noun. A species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bald eagle

1. The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bald Eagle

balconette bra
balconettes
balconied
balconies
balcony bra
balcony bras
balconylike
bald
bald-faced
bald-faced hornet
bald-headed
bald-pated
bald as a coot
bald cypress
bald eagle
bald eagles
bald earn
bald erne
bald patch
bald patches
bald tongue
bald wig
baldacchin
baldacchins
baldachin
baldachino
baldachinos
baldachins
baldaquin

Literary usage of Bald eagle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"The specimen, mounted, is now in my collection.— JH STOKER, JR., Croton, Mass. Exceptional Eggs of the bald eagle ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"'The celebrated cataract of Niagara is a noted place of resort for the bald eagle, as well on account of the fish procured there, as for the numerous ..."

3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"... township 456 Mahoning township 461 Mahanoy township 465 bald eagle township 468 Muncy township 469 Wyoming township 471 White Deer township 472 Potter ..."

4. Poems by Eliza Gabriella Lewis (1850)
""THE LAST ERRAND OF THE INDIAN CHIEF < bald eagle.' "» Speed on, speed on, no sound is borne Upon ihe troubled wave ; The bark hath sped—its steersman wan, ..."

5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Carruthers (1849)
"In the Ornithology of Wilson we «ее the fancy and descriptive powers of the poet. The following extract is part of his account of the bald eagle, ..."

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