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eaglehawk en · NOUN

Etymology

From eagle + hawk.

Meanings

1. (Australia) Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
   • As they turn a wedge-tail and black body shows. They are eaglehawks. 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 128:
   • We needed to hear the birds chirping, the eaglehawk crying out something from the thermals high above, but the eery silence lingered on. 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 412:

Forms

Deriveds

Eaglehawk Neck

Synonyms

wedge-tailed eagle · wedgetail

Translations (21)

nay peewingie (a large Australian eagle) · tiw yirrimiruwu (a large Australian eagle) · fi kiilapyrstökotka (a large Australian eagle) · fr uraète (a large Australian eagle) · kky gudhal (a large Australian eagle) · xdk mulyan (a large Australian eagle) · xda mullian (a large Australian eagle) · ja 尾長犬鷲 (a large Australian eagle) · kld maliyan (a large Australian eagle) · nys waalitj (a large Australian eagle) · hu ékfarkú sas (a large Australian eagle) · sv kilstjärtsörn (a large Australian eagle) · ru клинохво́стый орёл (a large Australian eagle) · tiw kutulakini (a large Australian eagle) · wrh mullian (a large Australian eagle) · eo kojnvosta aglo (a large Australian eagle) · tiw yimpirnika (a large Australian eagle) · wyi bunjil (a large Australian eagle) · wyb maliyan (a large Australian eagle) · ga iolar dingearrach (a large Australian eagle) · bdy mibayn (a large Australian eagle)