sparrow hawk
a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
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How to use sparrow hawk in a sentence
It was usually represented as a bird, especially as a human-headed sparrow-hawk.
Scarabs | Isaac MyerAnd the Earl told Geraint that the Sparrow-hawk gave a prize at the tournament.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights | Mary MacGregorThe Sparrow-Hawk lays from four to six eggs of a bluish-white, spotted more numerously at the larger end with red-brown blotches.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting | Richard KeartonThe sun had climbed quite high before the sparrow-hawk came swinging round the wood.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandIt was a rather long, richly-gilded vessel, and bore a silver sparrow-hawk as figure-head.
An Egyptian Princess, Complete | Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for sparrowhawk (1 of 2)
/ (ˈspærəʊˌhɔːk) /
any of several small hawks, esp Accipiter nisus, of Eurasia and N Africa that prey on smaller birds
British Dictionary definitions for sparrow hawk (2 of 2)
a very small North American falcon, Falco sparverius, that is closely related to the kestrels
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