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Sparrowhawk
Meaning
Noun
●
A Eurasian
sparrowhawk
, Accipiter
nisus
, a small, short-winged European
hawk
that
preys on
smaller
birds.
●
In Falconry:
A Eurasian
sparrowhawk
, Accipiter
nisus
, a small, short-winged European
hawk
that
preys on
smaller
birds.
A
female
such
bird
, a
male
being a musket.
●
In Accipiters:
Any of
numerous
other
relatively
small
birds
of Old World
species
of Accipiter, that
prey on
smaller
birds
or otherwise
resemble
A. nisus.
●
Alternative form of
sparrow hawk
; American
kestrel
, Falco sparverius, of
similar
size
and habit.
Sourced from
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