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red-shouldered hawk
[ red-shohl-derd ]
noun
- a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red-shouldered hawk1
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Example Sentences
The flight of the Red-shouldered Hawk is slow, but steady and strong with a regular beat of the wings.
It happened at last that in some way Mr. Red-shouldered Hawk heard of this trick of Jasper's.
For two excellent reasons Mr. Red-shouldered Hawk did not follow him.
Then one day a red-shouldered hawk seized the bait in one of the traps, and was caught.
Overhead we often heard the squeal of the red-shouldered hawk, sounding almost like the cry of the blue jay.
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