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HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere) , a word of somewhat indefinite meaning, being often used to signify all diurnal birds-of- prey which are neither vultures nor eagles, and again more exclusively for those of the remainder
score , according to the fancy of the systematizer. Speaking generally, hawks
long legs, a bill
bare
base
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