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duck-hawk

duck-hawk is the rare form of duck hawk.

Meaning of duck hawk

Noun

duck hawk (plural duck hawks)

  1. (Canada, US) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  2. (UK, dated) marsh harrier

Forms of duck-hawk

pluralduck-hawks

Questions about duck-hawk

What is duck-hawk the rare form of?
Duck-hawk is the rare form of duck hawk.

Words near duck-hawk in the dictionary

  1. duck-egg blues
  2. duck-face
  3. duck-faces
  4. duck-footed
  5. duck-frost
  6. duck-hawk
  7. duck-hawks
  8. duck-legged
  9. duck-shove
  10. duck-shoved
  11. duck-shover

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