Definitions for duck-hawk

duck-hawk duck hawk

Duck-Hawk is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in duck-hawk (-acdhkkuw).

Definitions for duck-hawk

noun

  1. a peregrine falcon of the American subspecies Falco peregrinus anatum, noted for its especially swift flight.

Origin of duck-hawk

An Americanism dating back to 1805-15

Examples for duck-hawk

The nesting habits and the eggs are precisely like those of the duck hawk.

As the Peregrine of falconry we know of the duck hawk as a fearless, dashing hunter of greater power of wing and talon.

A blackish patch on the sides of the throat, similar to that of the duck hawk.

Above brownish black, much paler and never with the slaty color of the duck hawk; below streaked or spotted with blackish brown.

The duck hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum) is one of the representatives in America.

Word Value for duck-hawk
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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