† waskiten.
Obsolete. rare.
Given by Izaak Walton as the name of a long-winged hawk, native of Virginia.
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1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) i. 18 [List of long-winged hawks.] The Waskite from Verginia.
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