dorhawk
English
editEtymology
editFrom dor + hawk. So called because it eats the dorbeetle.
Noun
editdorhawk (plural dorhawks)
- (obsolete) A European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus).
- September 13 1668, Thomas Browne, letter to Dr. Merritt
- A dorhawk, a bird not full so big as a pigeon, somewhat of a woodcock colour, and paned somewhat like a hawk, with a bill not much bigger than that of a titmouse, and a very wide throat […]
- September 13 1668, Thomas Browne, letter to Dr. Merritt
References
edit- “dorhawk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.