bald

  • 131bald cypress — bald′ cy′press n. pln a deciduous cone bearing hardwood tree, Taxodium distichum, growing in southern U.S. swamplands • Etymology: 1700–10 …

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  • 132bald eagle — bald′ ea′gle n. orn a large fish eating eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, of the U.S. and Canada, having dark golden brown back and wings and white plumage on the head and tail in the adult • Etymology: 1680–90 …

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