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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sparrowhawk.wav Forms: sparrowhawks [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|sparhauk}} Middle English sparhauk, {{inh|en|ang|spearhafoc}} Old English spearhafoc, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sparwahabuk}} Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sparwahabukaz}} Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, {{com|en|sparrow|hawk}} sparrow + hawk, {{cog|da|spurvehøg|t=sparrowhawk}} Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), {{cog|sv|sparvhök|t=sparrowhawk}} Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), {{cog|is|sparrhaukur|t=sparrowhawk}} Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sparrowhawk (plural sparrowhawks)
  1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds. Categories (lifeform): Accipiters
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  2. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
    (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
    Categories (topical): Falconry Categories (lifeform): Accipiters
    Sense id: en-sparrowhawk-en-noun-wUmEdtjS Disambiguation of Accipiters: 24 30 33 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Indonesian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 23 15 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 28 29 24 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 33 26 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 34 26 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 34 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 32 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 31 35 21 12 Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  3. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus. Categories (lifeform): Accipiters Translations (any of many other species of Accipiter): esparver [masculine] (Catalan), épervier (French), elang-alap (Indonesian)
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  4. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sparrow hawk (extra: American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit) Categories (lifeform): Accipiters
    Sense id: en-sparrowhawk-en-noun-NK8K5H5a Disambiguation of Accipiters: 24 30 33 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Indonesian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 23 15 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 28 29 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 32 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 31 35 21 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sparrow-hawk, sparrow hawk, sparhawk, spar-hawk
Derived forms: African little sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter minullus), American sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Falco sparverius), black sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter melanoleucus), chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter castanilius), Chinese sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter soloensis), collared sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter cirrocephalus), Eurasian sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter nisus), dwarf sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter nanus), Frances’s sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter francesiae), great sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter melanoleucus), Hilgert's sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter ovampensis), imitator sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter imitator), Japanese sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter gularis), Levant sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter brevipes), little sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter minullus), Madagascan sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter madagascariensis), New Britain sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter brachyurus), Nicobar sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter butleri), northern sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter nisus), Ovambo sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter ovampensis), red-legged sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter erythropus), red-thighed sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter erythropus), rufous-breasted sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter rufiventris), rufous-chested sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter rufiventris), rufous-necked sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter erythrauchen), slaty-backed sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter luteoschistaceus), slaty-mantled sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter luteoschistaceus), small sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter nanus), spot-tailed sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter trinotatus), vinous-breasted sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter rhodogaster), western little sparrowhawk (taxonomic: Accipiter erythropus)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter minullus",
      "word": "African little sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Falco sparverius",
      "word": "American sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter melanoleucus",
      "word": "black sparrowhawk"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter castanilius",
      "word": "chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter soloensis",
      "word": "Chinese sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter cirrocephalus",
      "word": "collared sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter nisus",
      "word": "Eurasian sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter nanus",
      "word": "dwarf sparrowhawk"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter francesiae",
      "word": "Frances’s sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter melanoleucus",
      "word": "great sparrowhawk"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter ovampensis",
      "word": "Hilgert's sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter imitator",
      "word": "imitator sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter gularis",
      "word": "Japanese sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter brevipes",
      "word": "Levant sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter minullus",
      "word": "little sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter madagascariensis",
      "word": "Madagascan sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter brachyurus",
      "word": "New Britain sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter butleri",
      "word": "Nicobar sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter nisus",
      "word": "northern sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter ovampensis",
      "word": "Ovambo sparrowhawk"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter erythropus",
      "word": "red-legged sparrowhawk"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Accipiter erythropus",
      "word": "red-thighed sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter rufiventris",
      "word": "rufous-breasted sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter rufiventris",
      "word": "rufous-chested sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter erythrauchen",
      "word": "rufous-necked sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter luteoschistaceus",
      "word": "slaty-backed sparrowhawk"
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter luteoschistaceus",
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter nanus",
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter trinotatus",
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter rhodogaster",
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      "taxonomic": "Accipiter erythropus",
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        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "sparrow hawk"
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      "word": "spar-hawk"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any of many other species of Accipiter",
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      "word": "esparver"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of many other species of Accipiter",
      "word": "épervier"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any of many other species of Accipiter",
      "word": "elang-alap"
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