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
The poor fish hawk, with a loud cry, timidly flies away.
From McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
Nothing living was in sight, except a huge fish hawk that waited expectantly on a dead branch overhanging the water.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by Duffield, J. W.
I have sometimes disturbed a fish hawk sitting on a white pine over the water; but I doubt if it is ever profaned by the wind of a gull, like Fair Haven.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
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