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marsh hawk EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun northern harrier. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marsh hawk An Americanism dating back to 1765–75 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marsh hawk Historical Examples of marsh hawk
The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier” (Falco uliginosus).
Mayne Reid
She had entered into noisome places, but so had the marsh-hawk poising grandly on motionless wing there above.
Stewart Edward White
It was not the precious nest, however, nor the owners of the nest, on which the fierce eyes of the marsh-hawk had fallen.
Charles G. D. Roberts
But the marsh-hawk was still hunting lazily at the other side of the field, and no tragedy followed the childishness.
Charles G. D. Roberts
The one in question, Lucien said, was the “marsh-hawk,” sometimes also called the “hen-harrier.”
Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for marsh hawk marsh hawk noun another name for marsh harrier (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
