GOSHAWK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goshawk mean? 

• GOSHAWK (noun)
  The noun GOSHAWK has 1 sense:

1. large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry

  Familiarity information: GOSHAWK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOSHAWK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Accipiter gentilis; goshawk

Hypernyms ("goshawk" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("goshawk" is a member of...):

Accipiter; genus Accipiter (type genus of the family Accipitridae)

 Context examples 

They swoop upon us like two goshawks on a heron.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We must, then, on our road again, and I hope from my heart that you may train these two young goshawks here until they are ready for a cast even at such a quarry as you speak of.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)