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
One, presented in a publication of the Society of Northern Antiquaries, and now in the museum at Copenhagen, is thought to be intended for a fish hawk, as it carries a fish in its mouth.
From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry
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 Muir, John
And then the fish hawk dropped the ball, and Jimmie caught it, but it was too late to put Buddy out.
From Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories by Garis, Howard Roger
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