(falconry) A trained and seasoned hawk flown with young birds to teach them to take the quarry.

Alternative form of sparrow hawk

(US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha / (US, regional) A dragonfly.

plural of tarantula hawk

A kind of spider wasp (family Pompilidae) with one of the most painful insect stings, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.

Rare form of duck hawk.

Alternative spelling of eaglehawk

The peregrine falcon.

plural of peregrine hawk

(US, Canada) peregrine falcon / (UK, dated) marsh harrier