hawk's beard

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.

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Also hawks·beard

[hawks-beerd]. /ˈhɔksˌbɪərd/.

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How to use hawk's beard in a sentence

Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.
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Most of them were large birds—hawks, egrets, and even peacocks—for spectacular visual effect as they took flight.
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In the video his face is a little thinner, his beard ever so slightly longer.
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“It seems that the different standard is (based on) the length of the beard and outwardly display of piety,” Hamdani said.
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Hauchard converted to Islam in high school at 17, and is said to have suddenly begun wearing a beard and djellaba.
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He thrust his tiny tuft of beard between his teeth—a trick he had when perplexed or thoughtful.
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"I've told Judy to bemember," said Punch, wiggling, for his father's beard tickled his neck.
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His face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.
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Now he was wagging his head solemnly, pulling his beard, and over and over repeating, "But hens is contrary—hens is contrary."
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The Seneschal combed his beard and screwed up his pale eyes until they vanished in the cushions of his cheeks.
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British Dictionary definitions for hawk's beard

hawk's-beard

noun

any plant of the genus Crepis, having a ring of fine hairs surrounding the fruit and clusters of small dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

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