partridge hawk
North American
noun
Either of two birds of prey that hunt grouse, the gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus, and the northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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