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One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidaelig They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill and in having shorter and less pointed wings Many are of large size and grade into the eagles Some as the goshawk were formerly trained like falcons In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied also to true falcons as the sparrow hawk pigeon hawk duck hawk and prairie hawk...
Hawked
Curved like a hawks bill crooked...
Carvist
A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand a hawk in its first year...
Falconer
A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks...
Goatsucker
One of several species of insectivorous birds belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera esp the European species Caprimulgus Europaeligus so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats The European species is also goat milker goat owl goat chaffer fern owl night hawk nightjar night churr churr owl gnat hawk and dorhawk...
Kestrel
A small slender European hawk Falco alaudarius allied to the sparrow hawk Its color is reddish fawn streaked and spotted with white and black Also called windhover and stannel The name is also applied to other allied species...
Roughleg
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo having the legs feathered to the toes Called also rough legged hawk and rough legged buzzard...
Backworm
A disease of hawks See Filanders...
ball hawking
skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit used of a Baseball or basketball or football player...
Bawrel
A kind of hawk...
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