goshawk

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɒshɔːk/
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/ˈɡɒshɔːk/ · /ˈɡɑshɑk/

Definition of goshawk

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
    “But you heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring.”

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Etymology

From Middle English goshauk, from Old English gōshafoc (“goose hawk”), from gōs (“goose”) and hafoc (“hawk”). Compare also Old Norse gáshaukr and Late Middle English gosling. The bird gets its name from the fact that the birds of the species are hawks that were alleged to prey on geese.

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