fish hawk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fish hawk
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
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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
We watched them, in concealment of course, and we saw a fish hawk capture his dinner.
From A Woman Tenderfoot by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
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
I succeeded perfectly in substituting nuts for meat with all the animals experimented upon, including a fish hawk, with the single exception of an old bald-headed eagle, which refused to be converted.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
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