Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medium-sized North American hawk (Accipiter cooperii) that has rounded wings and a rusty breast and preys chiefly on small birds and mammals.
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- noun A medium-sized hawk found from
Canada to northernMexico .
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- noun bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After William Cooper, (1797–1864), American ornithologist.]
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Named after William Cooper.
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