Crossword-Solution: FISHHAWK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fishhawk | n. | The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with FISHHAWK (5)
The magnificent fishhawk (_Halietus vocifer_) sits on the top of a mangrove-tree, digesting his morning meal of fresh fish, and is clearly unwilling to stir until the imminence of the danger compels him at last to spread his great wings for flight.
Thus smoke and honeysuckle trees belong to the division Kumite, and are akin to the fishhawk stock of men.
The fishhawk, or osprey, is not so large as the eagle; but he has, like the eagle, a hooked bill and sharp claws.
They did not know that it was only a fishhawk, an amiable soul, quite indifferent to such delicacies as young otters.
Another thing they did not know was that if the fishhawk _had_ wanted them, he could have caught them more comfortably in the water than on shore.