bald eagle

noun

: 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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Examples of bald eagle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The City of Blue Springs’ municipal government page on Facebook shared an update on their bald eagle livestream March 21 that the one of the eggs from bald eagle parents Liberty and Freedom have hatched, and an eaglet was spotted in the nest. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026

Why was a bald eagle nest removed near the Milwaukee Mitchell airport? —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2026

The White House press office had multiple hats in the ring, including videos of deranged domestic terrorists obstructing ICE raids, bald eagles flying fighter jets in the Middle East, and Pam Bondi absolutely owning Democratic congressmen during her deposition. —Charlotte Y. Levy, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026

Erin Wagner lives in the Chicago suburbs but visits two bald eagles in Southern California’s Big Bear Valley nearly every day. —Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bald eagle

• beagle
• legal
• regal
• riegel
• spiegel
• extralegal
• paralegal
• illegal
• viceregal
• medicolegal

Kids Definition

bald eagle

noun

: a North American eagle which is mostly brown when young but has white head, neck, and tail feathers when mature