sparrowhawk
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sparrowhawk
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From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, from Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, equivalent to sparrow + hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).
noun sparrowhawks · sparrow-hawk · sparrow hawk · sparhawk · spar-hawk
- A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
- A female such bird, a male being a musket.
- Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
- Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
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Talk about this word "sparrowhawk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sparrowhawk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sparrowhawk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sparrowhawk "sparrowhawk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sparrowhawk.Cite this
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