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Hen hawk   /hɛn hɔk/   Listen
Hen hawk

noun
1.
Nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry.  Synonym: chicken hawk.





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"Hen hawk" Quotes from Famous Books



... a hasty flight of birds that circled up through the smoke like big flakes of soot. They flew across the valley and came to the ridge where the boy sat. A horned owl perched beside him, and on a branch just above him a hen hawk alighted. These would have been dangerous neighbours at any other time, but now they did not even glance in his direction—only stared at the fire. Probably they could not make out what was wrong with the forest. A marten ran up the pine to the tip of a branch, and looked at the burning ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof
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... greater mistake," says E. E., fierce as a hen hawk. "It is because she has so much more brains—spirit—genius than any other children. A more splendid character never lived than my ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens
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Words linked to "Hen hawk" :   hawk


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