Fish-hawk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fish-hawk is a noun meaning Alternative form of fishhawk.
Meaning
Alternative form of fishhawk.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- fish-hawks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hawk-nose, flyingfish, sportsfisherman, hawkeye, fish knife, sealhunter.
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