"hen-hawk" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "blue hen-hawk"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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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        "Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry."
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        "(informal) Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry."
      ],
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        "informal"
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  "word": "hen-hawk"
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      "word": "blue hen-hawk"
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        "Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry."
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        "(informal) Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry."
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