eagle-hawk

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Together with the eagle-hawk the crow plays a great part in the mythology of S.E.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

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)

Seeing Oogahnahbayah, a small eagle-hawk, flying over, they would say, 'He eats the emu eggs.'

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

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