bald eagle

American  

noun

• bald eagles
  plural

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.

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bald eagle British  

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bald eagles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bald eagle

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90

Example Sentences

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bald eagle

She funded medical research that led to one of the first Covid-19 vaccines, donated to wildfire victims and even helped the once-endangered bald eagle, America's national bird.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Managed by the American Eagle Foundation, its rehabilitation and breeding work has won awards and in 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

With a bald eagle, fighter jets, Air Force One, the Beast and race cars roaring through the nation’s capital, Trump certainly didn’t send the celebration out quietly.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Fans of celebrity bald eagle Jackie are again grappling with troubling news about her health, the latest downturn in an uneven recovery since her rescue near Big Bear Lake last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Out of the sky plunged a bald eagle.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George