pigeon hawk

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Origin of pigeon hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30

Words nearby pigeon hawk

pig dog, pigeon, pigeon blood, pigeon breast, pigeon drop, pigeon hawk, pigeon-hearted, pigeonhole, pigeonite, pigeon-livered, pigeon milk

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How to use pigeon hawk in a sentence

While we are still advancing, a Pigeon Hawk darts over our heads, going straight for the oasis.
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899|Various
It was a pigeon hawk, and these little marauders are very saucy.
Riverby|John Burroughs
The Pigeon Hawk went forth, confident that she should be successful.
The Curious Book of Birds|Abbie Farwell Brown
Two near relatives, inhabiting both the old and the new worlds, are the pigeon-hawk and sparrow-hawk.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

The habits of this species, which seems to have quite a limited range, are precisely like those of the Pigeon Hawk.
Bird Guide|Chester A. Reed

British Dictionary definitions for pigeon hawk

pigeon hawk

noun

the North American variety of the merlin

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