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ˈsea-hawk
[hawk n.1]
†1. Some kind of fish.
a. ? The eagle-ray or sea-eagle.
b. A flying fish. Obs. rare.
a.1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 243 The Sea-Hawk is of hard Flesh and slow Digestion, as Galen avoucheth. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 235 Sea Hauke hath a very moist and soft flesh.
b.1722Diaper tr. Oppian's Halieut. i. 714 Sea-Hawks [orig. ἴρηξ], the Swallow, and the wanton Sleve Their native Streams for airy Pastime leave.
2. One of various gull-like birds, as one of the skuas, and the frigate-bird.
1852Macgillivray Brit. Birds V. 496 (Skua) The Sea-Hawk follows the frightened bird in all its motions. 1860G. Bennett Gatherings Naturalist Austral. 80 The Frigate-bird (Tachypetes aquila)..is also known by the name of Sea Hawk, or Man-of-war Bird. |