Meanings
eaglehawk1
plural eaglehawks · alternative eagle-hawk
- AustraliaAny 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 1281 more example
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 412Synonyms: wedge-tailed eagle, wedgetail
Eaglehawk2
- A suburb of the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto kojnvosta aglo
- kojnvosta agloa large Australian eagle
Finnish kiilapyrstökotka
- kiilapyrstökotkaa large Australian eagle
French uraète
- uraètea large Australian eagle
Hungarian ékfarkú sas
- ékfarkú sasa large Australian eagle
Irish iolar dingearrach
- iolar dingearracha large Australian eagle
Japanese 尾長犬鷲
- 尾長犬鷲 (onagainuwashi)a large Australian eagle
Russian клинохво́стый орёл
- клинохво́стый орёл (klinoxvóstyj orjól)a large Australian eagle
Swedish kilstjärtsörn
- kilstjärtsörna large Australian eagle
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