bald : Idioms & Phrases

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Bald buzzard

  • (Zoöl.), the fishhawk or osprey.
Webster 1913

Bald coot

  • (Zoöl.), a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.
Webster 1913

bald cypress

  • noun smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
    pond cypress; Taxodium ascendens.
  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; swamp cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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bald eagle

  • noun a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
    American eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
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Bald" ea"gle
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head. ✍ The bald eagle is represented in the coat of arms, and on the coins, of the United States.
Webster 1913

bald-faced

  • adjective satellite (of animals) having white markings on the face
  • adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
    brassy; insolent; bodacious; audacious; brazen; barefaced; brazen-faced.
    • an audacious trick to pull
    • a barefaced hypocrite
    • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
    • bald-faced lies
    • brazen arrogance
    • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
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Bald"-faced` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
Webster 1913

bald-faced hornet

  • noun North American hornet
    white-faced hornet; Vespula maculata.
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bald-headed

  • adjective satellite lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
    bald-headed; bald.
    • a bald pate
    • a bald-headed gentleman
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bald-pated

  • adjective satellite lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
    bald-headed; bald.
    • a bald pate
    • a bald-headed gentleman
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charles the bald

  • noun as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
    Charles I; Charles; Charles II.
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pond bald cypress

  • noun common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
    Taxodium distichum; swamp cypress; southern cypress; bald cypress.
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