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 will save Jimmie!" cried the fish hawk.
From Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble by Howard Roger Garis
Last summer I saw a bald eagle pursuing a fish hawk that held a fish in its talons.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
Alexander, account of fish hawk and bald eagle, 51, 52.Wind-flower, 119-121.Wisconsin, settling in, 58-62; life in, 62-287.
From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
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