- Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the
genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. (H.
pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the
European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed
sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald eagle
and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles. - The eagle ray. See under Ray.