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broad-winged hawk

[ brawd-wingd ]

noun

  1. an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of broad-winged hawk1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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Example Sentences

In form indeed it resembles neither, being a bulky broad-winged Hawk, with stout legs and a short much-curved beak.

Farther on sounded a loud cawing, and we saw four ruffianly crows assaulting a respectable female broad-winged hawk.

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