sparrowhawk

noun 4

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noun

1

A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.

2

A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.

3

Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.

4

Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

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