单词 | sharp-shinned hawk |
释义 | sharp-shinned hawk in American English (ˈʃɑrpˌʃɪnd) US a small North American hawk (Accipiter striatus) with a dark-gray back and a barred, reddish-and-white breast, feeding mainly on small birds sharp-shinned hawk in American English (ˈʃɑːrpˌʃɪnd) noun a North American hawk, Accipiter striatus, having extremely slender legs, a bluish-gray back, and a white, rusty-barred breast Word origin [1805–15, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alpaca, backlash, diminishing returns, napoleon, one-sided |
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