bald eagle

noun

1. a large, fish-eating eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, of the U.S. and Canada, having dark golden-brown back and wings, and white plumage on the head and tail in the adult: some recently endangered populations are now recovering.

bald eagle

noun

1. a large eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus , of North America, having a white head and tail, a yellow bill, and dark wings and body. It is the US national bird

Word History and Origins

Origin of bald eagle¹

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90

Example Sentences

At a national hunting and fishing event in Bald Eagle National Park, I met Gene Wool, one of those hard-to-find undecideds.

From BBC

There was Piper, a disarmingly friendly young red fox who was taken in as an orphaned kit, and Valentine, a 26-year-old bald eagle who was rescued from Alaska after DDT poisoning left her mostly blind and with brittle bones.

From Los Angeles Times

And on the way back to the marina, we spotted a bald eagle.

From Los Angeles Times

The proposal means the bald eagle, a national symbol of the United States, and the osprey have recovered to the point where the survival of those species is no longer in jeopardy, according to the department.

From Seattle Times

The federal government removed the bald eagle from its list of endangered species in 2007.

From Seattle Times