fish hawk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fish hawk
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
Example Sentences
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Millions of Americans have never seen a fish hawk.
From Time Magazine Archive
It might be that a dolphin could swim faster than Lizzie through the water and a fish hawk dive faster through the air, but nothing alive could run across Malaga Island faster than Lizzie Griffin.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
I guess he thinks the fish hawk will catch up the ball once more and help him to make a home run.
From Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories by Howard Roger Garis
To Katsi he said: “You will be a fish hawk, catch fish and eat them, live along rivers.”
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Jeremiah Curtin
William, 233.Eagle, bald, and fish hawk, 51, 52.Early-rising machine, 252-256, 284.Ferns,
From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
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