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hen-hawk

hen-hawk noun: any hawk supposed to prey on poultry.

Noun

hen-hawk (plural hen-hawks)

  1. (informal) Any hawk supposed to prey on poultry.
    • 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.1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 108

Forms of hen-hawk

pluralhen-hawks

Words formed from hen-hawk

Questions about hen-hawk

What does hen-hawk mean?
Hen-hawk means any hawk supposed to prey on poultry.
What part of speech is hen-hawk?
Hen-hawk is a noun.
What is the plural of hen-hawk?
The plural of hen-hawk is hen-hawks.

Words near hen-hawk in the dictionary

  1. hen's teeth
  2. hen's tooth
  3. hen's-foot
  4. hen-cackle
  5. hen-cackles
  6. hen-hawk
  7. hen-hawks
  8. hen-hearted
  9. hen-heartedness
  10. hen-house
  11. hen-houses

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