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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hawklike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English hawk Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English hawklike From hawk + -like.

Meanings

  1. Reminiscent of a hawk.
    • However, in filming this scene proved too difficult to do, and instead the film opens with a close-up of Keaton's hawklike eye. 1986, Linda Ben-Zvi, Samuel Beckett:

Forms

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more hawklike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most hawklike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

accipitral

Translations (4)

gv shawkoil (reminiscent of a hawk) · sv hökaktig (reminiscent of a hawk) · gv shawkagh (reminiscent of a hawk) · ceb banogon (reminiscent of a hawk)