a large, swift, powerful hawk (Accipiter gentilis) with short wings and a long, rounded tail
Origin of goshawk
Middle English goshauk from Old English goshafoc: see goose and hawkgoshawk
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goshawk
noun
Any of several large, powerful accipiters, especially the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), having broad rounded wings and a long tail.
Origin of goshawk
Middle English goshauk from Old English gōshafoc gōs goose ; see goose . hafoc hawk ; see hawk 1.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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