"hen-hawk" meaning in All languages combined

See hen-hawk on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hen-hawks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hen-hawk (plural hen-hawks)
  1. (informal) Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Birds of prey Derived forms: blue hen-hawk
    Sense id: en-hen-hawk-en-noun-Z5~BC2qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 108:",
          "text": "The ordinary large reddish \"hen hawks,\" which circle high above meadows, are doing great good to the farmer by feeding upon the mice and other creatures which steal his grain and girdle his trees.",
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        "(informal) Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry."
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