Bald Eagle - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bald eagleEagle
Any large rapacious bird of the Falcon family esp of the genera Aquila and Haliaeligetus The eagle is remarkable for strength size graceful figure keenness of vision and extraordinary flight The most noted species are the golden eagle Aquila chrysaeumltus the imperial eagle of Europe Aquila mogilnik or Aquila imperialis the American bald eagle Haliaeligetus leucocephalus the European sea eagle Haliaeligetus 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...
Sea eagle
Any one of several species of fish eating eagles of the genus Haliaeligetus and allied genera as the North Pacific sea eagle H pelagicus which has white shoulders head rump and tail the European white tailed eagle H albicilla and the Indian white tailed sea eagle or fishing eagle Polioaeumltus ichthyaeumltus The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles...
Bald eagle
The white headed eagle Haliaeligetus leucocephalus of America The young until several years old lack the white feathers on the head...
Baldness
The state or condition of being bald as baldness of the head baldness of style...
Bald
Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top as of hair feathers foliage trees etc as a bald head a bald oak...
Eagle winged
Having the wings of an eagle swift or soaring high like an eagle...
Bold eagle
an Australian eagle Aquila audax which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo...
Eagle eyed
Sharp sighted as an eagle...
Fishhawk
The osprey Pandion haliaeumltus found both in Europe and America so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons Called also fishing eagle and bald buzzard...
baldheaded
Having a bald head lacking hair on all or most of the scalp alsp called bald and bald pated as a bald headed gentleman...
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