English > hawk: 6 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail. |
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| Member of | Accipitridae, family Accipitridae | hawks |
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| Narrower | Cooper's hawk, blue darter, Accipiter cooperii | Bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
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| buteonine | Any hawk of the genus Buteo |
| buzzard, Buteo buteo | The common European short-winged hawk |
| chicken hawk, hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
| eyas | An unfledged or nestling hawk |
| falcon | diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight |
| goshawk, Accipiter gentilis | large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry |
| harrier | hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial / terrestrial animals |
| harrier eagle, short-toed eagle | Any of numerous large Old World hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles |
| honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus | Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles |
| kite | Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals |
| osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus | large harmless hawk found worldwide / worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
| red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus | North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders |
| redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
| rough-legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
| sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus | small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa |
| tiercel, tercel, tercelet | male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon |
| Broader | bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird | Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals |
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| Spanish | falconiforme, halcón |
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| Catalan | esparver, falcó |
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| Verbs | hawk | hunt with hawks |
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