bald eagle
nounDefinition 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
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The scene Wednesday was already startling when Dan Goff started filming: a bald eagle awkwardly floating in the middle of the St. Croix River began to row itself to shore with its long wings. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "St. Croix surprise: Bald eagle reels in large muskie," 15 Aug. 2019 The real seal has a bald eagle clutching arrows in one set of talons and an olive branch in the other. — NBC News, "Trump gave speech in front of hoax presidential seal," 25 July 2019 The real seal has a bald eagle clutching arrows in one set of talons and an olive branch in the other. — chicagotribune.com, "That a Russian eagle with golf clubs and money? Altered seal projected behind Trump during speech.," 25 July 2019 In Maine, seagulls caw and a bald eagle perches on a pine tree right in front of my cabin. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Unplugging from ‘L.A. me’ once a year lets me plug back in refueled to see life anew," 17 Aug. 2019 But like bald eagles, they were devastated starting in the 1950s by DDT and other insecticides, which poisoned the birds and prevented them from successfully hatching eggs. — Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation, "Saving endangered species: 5 essential reads," 13 Aug. 2019 According to the commission's Facebook page, the mature bald eagle was found Thursday night. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "Bald eagle found shot dead in Pennsylvania," 27 July 2019 The reward for a bald eagle with an amputated wing stolen from Quogue Wildlife Refuge on Long Island, New York, has increased to $12,500, authorities said Saturday. — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, "One-winged bald eagle stolen from Long Island wildlife refuge, $12,500 reward offered," 21 July 2019 Guard from Above, a company in The Hague, Holland, trains bald eagles to hunt down and immobilize drones. — Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ, "The Next Big Privacy Concern Is Up in the Air," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bald eagle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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