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bald eagle

noun

Definition of bald eagle

: an eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of North America that is brown when young with white only on the undersides of the wings but in full adult plumage has white head and neck feathers and a white tail

Recent Examples on the Web

//For the past three years, she's received calls around the Fourth of July about bald eagles babies who panicked and flopped out of their nests because of fireworks.
— Caitlin Gibson, chicagotribune.com, "Fireworks are America’s favorite face exploding, dog torturing, bird murdering way to celebrate its birthday," 25 Oct. 2019
//Hatcheries can jump-start fish populations, add to fishing success and produce a food source for wildlife, from bald eagles to raccoons to bears.
— Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Like in Alaska, salmon draw in bears on Tahoe creeks," 19 Oct. 2019
//Also increasing are raptors such as bald eagles, which were close to extinction before the prohibition of the insecticide DDT.
— Karin Brulliard, Twin Cities, "North America bird population dropped by 3 billion in 50 years, study shows," 19 Sep. 2019
//Also increasing are raptors such as bald eagles, which were close to extinction before the prohibition of the insecticide DDT.
— oregonlive, "North America has lost 3 billion birds in 50 years," 19 Sep. 2019
//Wild horses are also federally protected, as is the bald eagle.
— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, "More Than 40 Wild Burros Have Been Found Shot, Killed in California Desert: 'This Is A Mass Killing'," 27 Aug. 2019
//Bad things happened to bald eagles (DDT, poaching, loss of foraging habitat), and then good things happened (the Endangered Species Act, a successful species recovery plan, improved river quality, rebounding inland fisheries).
— Bruce Beehler, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Why doom and gloom won’t help us fight climate change," 23 Aug. 2019
//That sparked outcry from environmentalists, who pointed to the act as being largely responsible for the preservation of the bald eagle, California condor and other significant but highly endangered species in the country.
— Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, "What do you think of removing Key deer as an endangered species?," 15 Aug. 2019
//On Saturday, Wild Care officials were notified of another young, potentially sickly bald eagle after it was spotted crashing into a resident's deck in Truro.
— Fox News, "Massachusetts wildlife center rescues 2 bald eagles showing signs of starvation, other health issues," 23 July 2019

First Known Use of bald eagle

1688, in the meaning defined above

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