white-headed

American  

[hwahyt-hed-id, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈhɛd ɪd, ˈwaɪt- /

adjective

1. white-haired.

2. having fair or flaxen hair.

3. being especially favored; fair-haired.

   He's the company's white-headed boy.

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Etymology

Origin of white-headed

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey.

From BBC

The name colcannon comes from the Irish cálceannann, meaning “white-headed cabbage. ”

From Salon

Other birds that flock to burned forests include white-headed woodpeckers, Lewis's woodpeckers, three-toed woodpeckers, olivesided flycatchers, Clark's nutcrackers and mountain bluebirds.

From Salon

“Baldy” signifies the bare expanses of rock on the face of the summit, but I also like to think of it in the subtler zoological sense of “bald,” meaning having white markings or coloring, like the white-headed bald eagle, our national bird — and also as in white, like the snow that lingers so long at 10,000 feet.

From Los Angeles Times

The U.S. bald eagle population has quadrupled since 2009, and these large, white-headed raptors are now a regular sight even in New York City; bald eagles breed on Staten Island, for example.

From New York Times