Meanings
nounman-of-war hawk (plural man-of-war hawks)
plural man-of-war hawks
- A frigatebird
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in the light / O’er the black ship’s white sky-s’l, sunned cloud to the sight, / Have we low-flyers wings to ascend to his height?
1888, Herman Melville, John Marr and Other Sailors
Origin
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