| 单词 | rook hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrook hawk rook hawk n. (a) Falconry a hawk trained to fly at rooks; (b) English regional (southern) the hobby, Falco subbuteo. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of villain1481 Lentiner1575 make-falcon1575 make-hawk1575 bockerel1653 waskite1655 hack hawk1686 bawrel1706 buzzardet1785 nankeen hawk1827 buteo1848 rook hawk1855 kite-eagle1883 star buzzard1884 1855 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick Falconry in Brit. Isles 63 One of William Barr's best rook Hawks in 1852 was an eyess Tiercel. 1887 A. C. Smith Birds Wilts. 72 The Hobby... I am told that its provincial name in Wiltshire is the ‘Rook Hawk’. 1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) II. 190/1 A very fine tiercel..was trained successfully by the falconer to the Old Hawking Club, eventually turning out to be a brilliant rook hawk. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 66/1 Falconers often will not fly their rook-hawks deliberately at the carrion crow (C. corone) because of its strength as an opponent. < as lemmas |
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