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Bald eagle   Listen
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Bald eagle  n.  (Zool.) The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. Note: The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States.






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"Bald eagle" Quotes from Famous Books



... mountains wreck'd and hurl'd, Stands the sad relic of a ruin'd world, Attests the wrath our mother kept in store, And rues her judgments on the race she bore. No saving Ark around him rides the main, Nor Dove weak-wing'd her footing finds again; His own bald Eagle skims alone the sky, Darts from all points of heaven her searching eye, Kens, thro the gloom, her ancient rock of rest, And finds her cavern'd ...
— The Columbiad • Joel Barlow

... do this—such as the red-tailed, the peregrine, and the osprey—which last sometimes shoots several hundred feet perpendicularly down upon its prey. Lucien, however, knew better. He knew that that feat can be performed only by those hawks whose tails are full and not forked, as the bald eagle, and the species already named—their spreading tails giving them the power to suddenly arrest the downward motion, and prevent them from dashing themselves against the earth. The kites, on the other hand, have not that power; and in this arrangement Lucien could perceive a beautiful ...
— The Boy Hunters • Captain Mayne Reid

... I'm your host now and I say—no crying! What I propose is—do something. Let's ride to Bald Eagle Peak—or Rock. You'll need clear eyes to follow that trail, but there'll be just time enough to do it before bedtime. Hurray for 'Boots ...
— Dorothy on a Ranch • Evelyn Raymond



Words linked to "Bald eagle" :   genus Haliaeetus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus



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