Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPAR'ROW-HAWK, or SPAR'HAWK
SPAR'ROW-HAWK, or SPAR'HAWK, n. [Sax. spearhafoc, spear-hawk.]
A small species of short-winged hawk. A popular name of all those Falcons whose tarsi are high and scutellated. The Falco Nisus is called Sparrow-hawk, by way of eminence.
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