[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bald \bald\ baddld, a. oe. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p.
   of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball,
   by removing hair. root85. but cf. w. bali whiteness in a
   horse's forehead.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            on the bald top of an eminence.       --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
      1913 webster

            in the preface to his own bald translation.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. undisguised. " bald egotism." --lowell.
      1913 webster

   4. destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. obs.
      1913 webster

   5. bot. destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
      1913 webster

   6. zool.
      a destitute of the natural covering.
      b marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
          1913 webster

   bald buzzard zool., the fishhawk or osprey.

   bald coot zool., a name of the european coot fulica
      atra, alluding to the bare patch on the front of the
      head.
      1913 webster
see also:
bald buzzard bald coot fulica atra 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buzzard \buz"zard\ bu^z"z~erd, n.o.e. busard, bosard, f.
   busard, fr. buse, l. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.
   1913 webster
   1. zool. a bird of prey of the hawk family, belonging to
      the genus buteo and related genera.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. in the united states, a term used for the turkey
      vulture cathartes aura, and sometimes
      indiscriminately to any vulture.
      pjc

   note: the buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of europe.
         the american species of which the most common are
         buteo borealis, buteo pennsylvanicus, and buteo
         lineatus are usually called hen hawks. -- the
         rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of europe pernis
         apivorus feeds on bees and their larvae, with other
         insects, and reptiles. -- the moor buzzard of europe is
         circus aeruginosus. see turkey buzzard, and
         carrion buzzard.
         1913 webster

   bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. see fishhawk.
      1913 webster

   2. a blockhead; a dunce.
      1913 webster

            it is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not
            be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a
            buzzard.                              --goldsmith.
      1913 webster
see also:
buteo turkey vulture cathartes aura buteo vulgaris buteo borealis buteo pennsylvanicus 
buteo lineatus pernis apivorus circus aeruginosus turkey buzzard carrion buzzard 
bald buzzard fishhawk 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fishhawk \fish"hawk`\, n. zool.
   the osprey pandion halia"etus, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
pandion halia"etus fishing eagle bald buzzard 

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