Bald /(ba̤ld)/

Bald

a.
  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.
    On the bald top of an eminence.
  2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
    In the preface to his own bald translation.
  3. Undisguised.
  4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.]
  5. Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. (Bot.)
  6. Destitute of the natural covering. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
Bald buzzard
the fishhawk or osprey.
Bald coot
a name of the European coot (Fulica atra), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head.