sparrowhawkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• sparrow-hawk, sparrow hawk, sparhawk, spar-hawk

語源

From 中期英語 sparhauk, sperhauk, from 古期英語 spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, from Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, equivalent to sparrow +‎ hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).

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名詞

sparrowhawk (plural sparrowhawks)

1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
   1. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
2. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
3. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

派生語

Further reading

• Sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eurasian sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Accipiter nisus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Accipiter nisus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “sparrowhawk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.