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CHICKEN HAWK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chicken hawk mean?
• CHICKEN HAWK (noun)
The noun CHICKEN HAWK has 1 sense:
1. nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
Familiarity information: CHICKEN HAWK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chicken hawk; hen hawk
Hypernyms ("chicken hawk" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
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