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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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hawk


hawk is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.

[2] An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus). -- Hawk`s bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the striking mechanism of a clock.


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