the golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos.

a large eagle found widely in Eurasia, North America, and north-west Africa, Aquila chrysaetos, the mature adult of which is dark brown with…

any of various eagles frequenting mountainous regions; spec. †(a) Australian the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax (obsolete); (b) now U.S. regional…

(a) = war-eagle n.; (b) figurative a fighting aircraft or airman.

the golden eagle, so called because the North American Indians decorate themselves with its feathers.