Bald eagle

bald eagle
    n 1: a large eagle of North America that has a white head and
         dark wings and body [syn: {bald eagle}, {American eagle},
         {Haliaeetus leucocephalus}]
    

Bald eagle \Bald" ea"gle\ (Zool.)
   The white-headed eagle ({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}) of
   America. The young, until several years old, lack the white
   feathers on the head.
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   Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and
         on the coins, of the United States.
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Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob.
   named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf.
   Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family,
      esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[ae]etus}. The eagle
      is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure,
      keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most
      noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila
      chrysa["e]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({Aquila
      mogilnik} or {Aquila imperialis}); the American bald eagle
      ({Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle
      ({Hali[ae]etus albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle
      ({Thrasaetus harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the
      king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and
      also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald
      eagle}, {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}.
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   2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten
      dollars.
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   3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a
      star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}.
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   4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard
      of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or
      standard of any people.
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            Though the Roman eagle shadow thee.   --Tennyson.
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   Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France
         under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their
         national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for
         an emblem a double-headed eagle.
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   {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}.

   {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}.

   {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty
      dollars.

   {Eagle hawk} (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American
      hawk of the genus {Morphnus}.

   {Eagle owl} (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo},
      and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo
      Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B.
      maximus}). See {Horned owl}.

   {Eagle ray} (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus
      {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}).

   {Eagle vulture} (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid
      ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several
      respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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