hawk

n.

1. A member of the Accipitridae

   bird of prey, one of the Falconiformes, falcon; see bird 1.

   Types of hawks include: red-tailed, zone-tailed, white tailed, short-tailed, broad-winged, short-winged, common black, American sparrow hawk, English sparrow hawk, bush, roadside, duck hawk, hen, fish hawk, prairie, marsh, gray, blue, Cooper's, Harlan's, Swainson's, Harris', noble, ignoble, ferruginous, sharp-shinned, broad-winged, rough-legged, goshawk, windhover, night-hawk, English hobby, hobby, merlin, jack merlin, peregrine, tiercel, osprey, harrier, kite, kestrel, caracara, lugar, lanner, saker, eyas, haggard, gyrefalcon.

2. A warlike person

   militarist, chauvinist, jingoist, belligerent, warmonger, chauvin, jingo, hothead; see also conservative, radical.