sea-hawkn.
a. ? The eagle-ray or sea-eagle.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Myliobatidae
sea-hawk1655
sea-eagle1722
miller1836
eagle ray1841
batfish1850
myliobatid1859
eagle-skate1869
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 153 The Sea-Hawke is of hard flesh & slow digestion, as Galen avoucheth.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 235 Sea Hauke hath a very moist and soft flesh.
b. A flying fish. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish)
flying fish?c1510
rearmouse1598
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
wing-fish1855
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
flying fish?c1510
sea-swallow1598
sea-kite1601
swallow-fish1601
sea-bat1611
swallow1668
sea-hawka1717
batfish1848
wing-fish1855
flying gurnard1882
a1717 W. Diaper tr. Oppian Halieuticks (1722) i. 31 Sea-Hawks [Gk. 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.
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the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > fregata aquila (frigate-bird)
alcatras1584
man-of-war hawk1657
albatross1733
frigate-bird1738
sea-eagle1845
sea-hawk1852
hurricane-bird1879
son-of-the-sun1895
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua)
plunger1655
dung bird1677
skua1678
dung hunter1694
skua-gull1768
dirty allan1771
bonxiea1777
dung teaser1841
weese allan1849
sea-hawk1852
turd-bird1864
shoemaker1867
dirt-bird1885
1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 496 (Skua) The Sea-Hawk follows the frightened bird in all its motions.
1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. v. 80 The Frigate-bird (Tachypetes aquila)..is also known by the name of Sea Hawk, or Man-of-war Bird.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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