"fish-hawk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fish-hawks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish-hawk (plural fish-hawks)
  1. Alternative form of fishhawk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fishhawk
    Sense id: en-fish-hawk-en-noun-eh5FkSGJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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