| 单词 | partridge hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspartridge hawk partridge hawk n. North American either of two birds of prey that hunt grouse, the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus, and the northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter atricapillus (hen-hawk) hen hawk1742 partridge hawk1772 goshawk1890 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 382 Speckled partridge hawk, at Hudson's Bay. 1883 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1 iv. 53 The last named is known as the partridge or winter hawk. 1895 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1894 231 From the persistency with which this species hunts the ruffed grouse in many of the Northern States, it has received the name ‘partridge hawk’. 1959 W. L. McAtee Folk-names Canad. Birds (ed. 2) 20 Goshawk [is known as] partridge hawk. < as lemmas |
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