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fish-hawk†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the osprey, Pandion haliaetus.

See: fish-eagle(def. 2),fishing eagle(def. 1)

Quotations

1853

. . . another incident occurred to our voyageurs, which illustrated the habits of a very interesting bird, the "osprey," or fish-hawk, as it is more familiarly known [in the Northwest].

1902

All at once, the fish-hawk was seen to poise on steady wing [New Brunswick].

1940

. . . there were the plunging fish-hawks and the patient hunched herons standing on one leg [Manitoba].

1965

The osprey's local name is fish-hawk, and the "hawk-nest tree" became a landmark [Nova Scotia].