black eagle

noun

1

: a young golden eagle

—used especially when the bird is supposed to be a representative of a separate species

2

: a large powerful eagle (Aquila verreauxii) of mountainous parts of southern and eastern Africa that is chiefly black but has white tail coverts and a V-shaped band across the shoulders

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