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

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Etymology

Origin of bald eagle

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90

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Example Sentences

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bald eagle

The crowd was a sea of Jackie hats and T-shirts, and at least one bald eagle plushie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

He also presented Xi with a sculpture of a bald eagle, America's national symbol, saying it embodied "the free and soaring spirit of America".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Trump lavished praise on Xi and gave him a bald eagle statue, declaring the two had “never gotten along better.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A game called "Flappy Bill" features a bald eagle carrying a document in its claws that tries to avoid smashing into columns of various heights, against a background that resembles Washington DC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Out of the sky plunged a bald eagle.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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