Sparrowhawkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• sparrow-hawk, sparrowhawk

名詞

sparrow hawk (複数形 sparrow hawks)

1. The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
2. Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World accipiters, that prey on smaller birds.

Further reading

• Sparrow hawk on Wikipedia.
• American kestrel on Wikipedia.
• Falco sparverius on Wikispecies.
• Falco sparverius on Wikimedia Commons.
• sparrow hawk at OneLook Dictionary Search

別の表記

• sparrow-hawk, sparrow hawk, sparhawk, spar-hawk

語源

From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from 古期英語 spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), equivalent to sparrow +‎ hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).

名詞

sparrowhawk (複数形 sparrowhawks)

1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
   1. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
2. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
3. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

派生語

Further reading

• Sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.
• Eurasian sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.
• Accipiter nisus on Wikispecies.
• Accipiter nisus on Wikimedia Commons.
• “sparrowhawk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.