Meanings
plural bald eagles
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.
Synonyms: American eagle, bald erne, baldie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHaliaeetus leucocephalus, a species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after the white markings on its head and tail.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pigarg americà, àguila marina de cap blanc
- pigarg americàspecies of eagle native to North America
- àguila marina de cap blancspecies of eagle native to North America
Chinese Mandarin 白頭海雕 /白头海雕
- 白頭海雕 /白头海雕 (báitóu hǎidiāo)species of eagle native to North America
Dutch Amerikaanse zeearend, witkopzeearend
- Amerikaanse zeearendspecies of eagle native to North America
- witkopzeearendspecies of eagle native to North America
Estonian valgepea-merikotkas
- valgepea-merikotkasspecies of eagle native to North America
Finnish valkopäämerikotka
- valkopäämerikotkaspecies of eagle native to North America
French pygargue à tête blanche
- pygargue à tête blanchespecies of eagle native to North America
German Weißkopfseeadler
- Weißkopfseeadlerspecies of eagle native to North America
Greek λευκοκέφαλος θαλασσαετός
- λευκοκέφαλος θαλασσαετός (lefkokéfalos thalassaetós)species of eagle native to North America
Hindi गंजा बाज़, बाल्ड ईगल
- गंजा बाज़ (gañjā bāz)species of eagle native to North America
- बाल्ड ईगल (bālḍ īgal)species of eagle native to North America
Hungarian fehérfejű rétisas
- fehérfejű rétisasspecies of eagle native to North America
Irish iolar maol
- iolar maolspecies of eagle native to North America
Italian aquila di mare testabianca
- aquila di mare testabiancaspecies of eagle native to North America
Japanese 白頭鷲
- 白頭鷲 (hakutōwashi)species of eagle native to North America
Korean 대머리독수리, 흰머리수리
- 대머리독수리 (daemeori-doksuri)species of eagle native to North America
- 흰머리수리 (huinmeorisuri)species of eagle native to North America
Polish bielik amerykański
- bielik amerykańskispecies of eagle native to North America
Portuguese águia americana, águia careca
- águia americanaspecies of eagle native to North America
- águia carecaspecies of eagle native to North America
- águia calvaspecies of eagle native to North America
Romanian vultur cu cap alb, acvilă cu cap alb
- vultur cu cap albspecies of eagle native to North America
- acvilă cu cap albspecies of eagle native to North America
- acvilă americanăspecies of eagle native to North America
- vultur pleșuvspecies of eagle native to North America
Russian белоголо́вый орла́н
- белоголо́вый орла́н (belogolóvyj orlán)species of eagle native to North America
Spanish águila calva, pigargo cabeciblanco
- águila calvaspecies of eagle native to North America
- pigargo cabeciblancospecies of eagle native to North America
- pigargo americanospecies of eagle native to North America
Swedish vithövdad havsörn
- vithövdad havsörnspecies of eagle native to North America
Tagalog agilang Amerikano
- agilang Amerikanospecies of eagle native to North America
Vietnamese đại bàng đầu trắng
- đại bàng đầu trắngspecies of eagle native to North America
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bald eagle
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bald eagle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bald%20eagle
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