What does fish-hawk mean?
Fish-hawk means Alternative form of fishhawk..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of fishhawk..
For a real delicacy, commend me to a good old fish-hawk. The flesh is as black as a sloe, and it is first-rate exercise for the jaws.
Mr. Davis said he had been much interested all the morning watching from the grated embrasure, near which his bed lay, the free flight of fish-hawks, so plentiful during the summer in Hampton Roads, and some of which still lingered.
Eagles and fish-hawks were the only birds visible in this part of the Winnipeg, the other species of the feathered tribe being in the rice-fields.
Use fish-hawk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fish-hawk means Alternative form of fishhawk..
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For a real delicacy, commend me to a good old fish-hawk. The flesh is as black as a sloe, and it is first-rate exercise for the jaws.
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