eaglehawk

noun

Etymology

From eagle + hawk.

  1. inherited from *kopuǵos
  2. inherited from *habukaz
  3. inherited from *habuk
  4. inherited from hafoc
  5. inherited from hauk,hauke,hawke,havek
  6. compounded as eaglehawk — “eagle + hawk

Definitions

  1. Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.

    • As they turn a wedge-tail and black body shows. They are eaglehawks.
    • We needed to hear the birds chirping, the eaglehawk crying out something from the thermals high above, but the eery silence lingered on.
  2. A suburb of the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA