cooper hawk
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Cooper's Hawk — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
Hawk — /hawk/, n. Mil. a medium range, mobile U.S. surface to air missile system. [H(oming) A(ll the) W(ay) K(iller)] * * * I Any of many small to medium sized, diurnal birds of prey, particularly those in the genus Accipiter. The term is often applied… … Universalium
Cooper's hawk — ☆ Cooper s hawk [ko͞op′ərz ] n. [after Wm. Cooper, 19th c. U.S. ornithologist] a medium sized hawk (Accipiter cooperii) with a long, rounded tail and short, rounded wings … English World dictionary
Cooper Mountain Nature Park — Prairie at the park with the Nature House in the background Type Public Location Near … Wikipedia
hawk — hawk1 [hôk] n. [ME hauk < OE hafoc, akin to Ger habicht, Pol kobuz, falcon] 1. a) any of various accipitrine birds having short, rounded wings and a long tail and legs, as Cooper s hawk, goshawk, and the harriers b) loosely any of various… … English World dictionary
hawk — hawk1 hawklike, adj. /hawk/, n. 1. any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes. 2. any of several similar, unrelated birds … Universalium
Hawk Rocks the Park — infobox music festival music festival name = Hawk Rocks the Park location = Harris Park, London, Ontario years active= 2004 present dates = 2008: July 24 26 genre = Classic rock website = http://www.Rockthepark.caHawk Rocks the Park or Rock the… … Wikipedia
Cooper Union speech — Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken February 27, 1860 in New York City by Mathew Brady, the day of his famous Cooper Union speech The Cooper Union Speech, or Address, was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union, in New York… … Wikipedia
Cooper's hawk — noun Etymology: William Cooper died 1864 American naturalist Date: 1828 an American hawk (Accipiter cooperii) that is larger than the similarly colored sharp shinned hawk and has a more rounded tail … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cooper's hawk — Coo′per s hawk′ n. orn a North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a gray back and a rusty breast • Etymology: 1820–30, amer.; after William Cooper (d. 1864), U.S. ornithologist … From formal English to slang
