Definition of Fish hawk

1. Noun. Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.

Exact synonyms: Fish Eagle, Osprey, Pandion Haliaetus, Sea Eagle
Generic synonyms: Hawk
Group relationships: Genus Pandion, Pandion

Definition of Fish hawk

1. Noun. (Scotland) osprey ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Hawk

fish finger
fish fingers
fish flour
fish fly
fish food
fish for compliments
fish fry
fish fuddle
fish garth
fish genus
fish geranium
fish gig
fish gigs
fish glue
fish habitat
fish hawk
fish hawks
fish hook
fish hooks
fish house punch
fish joint
fish kettle
fish kettles
fish knife
fish knives
fish ladder
fish ladders
fish loaf
fish louse
fish lure

Literary usage of Fish hawk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"THE fish hawk, OR OSPREY. PANDION HALIAETUS, Savig. PLATE XV.—MALE. ... The Fish Hawk may be looked upon as having more of a social disposition than most ..."

2. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"The fish hawk may be looked upon as having more of a social disposition than most other Hawks. Indeed, with the exception of the Swallow-tailed Hawk ..."

3. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"On my return to America, Baird offered me for a short time the Fish Commission steamer fish hawk, on which I went out from Woods Hole around Marthas ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"BREEDING HABITS OF THE fish hawk ON PLUM ISLAND, NEW YORK. BY CHARLES SLOVER ALLEN. ( With Plate* IV and V.~) EVEN the wildest and most independent of our ..."

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