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Fish hawk   /fɪʃ hɔk/   Listen
Fish hawk

noun
1.
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.  Synonyms: fish eagle, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, sea eagle.






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"Fish hawk" Quotes from Famous Books



... thousands of the liveliest and merriest of God's creatures can not see an inch before them. Small birds and insects, which feed on very minute insects, need eyes like microscopes to find them; while the eagle and the fish hawk, which soar up till they are almost out of sight, can distinctly see the hare or the herring a mile below them, and so must have eyes like telescopes. We, too, need to observe minute objects very closely, as when ...
— Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith - Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity • Robert Patterson



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