| 单词 | rock hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock hawk rock hawk n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) the merlin, Falco columbarius.The name was supposed by some authors (as in quot. 1792) to refer to a bird distinct from the merlin. ΚΠ 1792 New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. ii. 123 It [sc. the merlin] nearly resembles the hobby, the rock hawk, and the kestril; these small species run so near into each other, that naturalists can hardly distinguish the species from the varieties of the same bird. 1840 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds III. 317 Falco Æsalon, the Merlin Falcon. Stone Falcon. Rock Hawk. 1863 H. G. Adams Birds of Prey 46 The Merlin..makes its..nest..in the holes generally amid pieces of rock, hence one of its common names, Stone or Rock Hawk. 1902 A. Thomson Lauder & Lauderdale xxviii. 276 Merlin. Falco æsalon—Rock Hawk. By no means rare in Lauderdale. < as lemmas |
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