eyas
/ˈʌɪəs
/noun (plural eyasses)
A young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training.Eyas hawks can be the best or the worst of the hawks....
- He recently located and pulled from the nest an eyas Coopers Hawk.
Origin
Late 15th century (originally nyas): from French niais, based on Latin nidus 'nest'. The initial n was lost by wrong division of a nyas; compare with adder1.
Rhymes
- merosymmetric
- merosymmetrical
- -merous
- Merovingian
- meroxene
- merozoite
- merozygote
- Merrie Englande
- merrie-go-downe
- merril
- merrily
- Merrimack
- Merrimack River
- merriment
- merriness
- merrow
- merry
- merry andrew
- merry-begot
- merry-begotten
- Merry England
- Merry Englander
- merry-go-around
- merry-go-down
- merry-go-round