Sparrow Hawk Definition

noun
Any of certain Eurasian hawks; esp., a small hawk (Accipiter nisus) with short, rounded wings.
Webster's New World

American kestrel.

Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
sparrow hawk
Plural:
sparrow-hawks

Origin of Sparrow Hawk

  • From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk"), equivalent to sparrow +"Ž hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk"), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk"), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk").

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