sparrowhawk

See also: sparrow hawk

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From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), equivalent to sparrow +‎ hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).

sparrowhawk (plural sparrowhawks)

A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
1. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

terms derived from sparrowhawk

Eurasian sparrowhawk — see Eurasian sparrowhawk

any of many other species of Accipiter