| 单词 | broad-winged hawk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroad-winged hawk broad-winged hawk n. (a) a medium-sized hawk native to North America, Buteo platypterus, having dark brown upperparts, barred white underparts, and relatively short broad wings; (b) (chiefly Falconry) any of various birds of prey, esp. of the genera Buteo and Parabuteo, which have relatively broad wings. Π 1812 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VI. 92 (heading) Broad-winged hawk. Falco pennsylvanicus. 1917 Nature 25 Jan. 409/2 The broad-winged hawks, such as the buzzards and the kestrel.., were all despised of the falconer; the kinds with long and narrow wings, like the merlin and the peregrine, were the ones he prized. 1977 Living Bird: 15th Ann. Cornell Lab. Ornithol. 1976 34 On nearing their nest.., Weaver heard the adults and soon noticed a Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) at the nest consuming the nestlings. 2000 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 59 Four broad winged hawks have been introduced into the modern pursuit: the red-tailed hawk, the ferruginous hawk, the common buzzard, and the Harris' hawk. 2008 J. M. Ryan Adirondak Wildlife vii. 125 The broad-winged hawk is a small forest hawk with a wingspan of roughly 34 inches. < as lemmas |
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