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