sparrow hawk
a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
Origin of sparrow hawk
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How to use sparrow hawk in a sentence
About three years since a young sparrowhawk was purchased and brought up by my brother.
His efforts in the direction of advantageous matrimony had earned for him at Court the nickname of "The Sparrowhawk."
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk | Baroness OrczyThe foreman was a brownskinned, sparrowhawk-looking old man, with a smoldering brown eye.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbThe term Spireog is still used in the locality referred to, and signifies the Sparrowhawk.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry GosseBut the other was indeed a sparrowhawk to claw him well; and both dropt down into the middle of the boiling pond.
Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" | John T. Slattery
British Dictionary definitions for sparrowhawk (1 of 2)
/ (ˈspærəʊˌhɔːk) /
any of several small hawks, esp Accipiter nisus, of Eurasia and N Africa that prey on smaller birds
British Dictionary definitions for sparrow hawk (2 of 2)
a very small North American falcon, Falco sparverius, that is closely related to the kestrels
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