| 单词 | white-headed eagle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-headed eagle white-headed eagle n. (also white-headed sea eagle, white-headed fishing eagle) any of several white-headed eagles of the genus Haliaeetus; esp. the bald eagle, H. leucocephalus. ΚΠ 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 540/1 The leucocephalus, or white-headed eagle of Catesby, is ash Coloured, with the head and tail white. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 578/2 Confusion exists between the adults and young of the White-headed Eagle, the latter of which has been erected into a separate species, under the name of the ossifrage or sea-eagle. 1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland vi. 115 The great white-headed eagle passed over head. 1928 C. G. Lane Adventures in Big Bush 207 He was..a full-grown, white-headed Fishing-eagle, of powerful build. 2001 J. Ferguson-Lees & D. A. Christie Raptors of World 400/1 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucophalus... Other names: White-headed Eagle, White-headed Sea Eagle, American Eagle. Preferred names: Bald or White-headed Fish-eagle. < as lemmas |
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