eagle-hawk

British  

noun

1. Also called: wedge-tailed eagle.  a large aggressive Australian eagle, Aquila audax

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eagle-hawk

Birds were nowhere numerous—an occasional eagle-hawk, or crow, and once or twice a little flock of long-tailed parrots whose species was unknown to any of us.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford

But, as the boss says, Alf's only mad enough to know the difference between an eagle-hawk and a saw—foolish expression, it seems to me.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

From Australia upwards, a god, perhaps originally, conceived of as human and moral in character, is also recognised in a totem, as Pund-jel in the eagle-hawk.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

Legends say that these bones are the remains of the victims of Mullyan, the eagle-hawk, whose camp was in the tree at the foot of which was the spring.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)

Now this name Bun-jel means "eagle-hawk," and the eagle-hawk is a totem among certain stocks.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew