Cooper's hawk
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after William Cooper.
Noun[edit]
Cooper's hawk (plural Cooper's hawks)
- Accipiter cooperii, a medium-sized hawk found from Canada to northern Mexico.
- 1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 105:
- However, there are certain species of hawks which are to be feared; these are the Cooper's hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk, the first being very destructive to poultry and the latter killing many wild birds.
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hawk
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