Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having broad wings.
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Examples
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
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They are the broad-winged, broad-tailed soaring hawks that are more readily seen because of their habit of circling high in the air or perching in dead trees or on telephone poles along the road.
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Sharp-shinned and cooper's hawks, as well as merlins, are rare, but not unheard of, and this time of year, the south-bound migration brings red-shouldered, broad-winged, and rough-legged hawks passing overhead.
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On the left, we have the "narrow-winged" models, while on the right, the "broad-winged" models.
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On the left, we have the "narrow-winged" models, while on the right, the "broad-winged" models.
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Sighted a probable broad-winged hawk up near my first highway overpass, although taxonomy is subject to the limitations of a bird sighted in passing at about 50 yards, edge on.
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And overhead, a group of 6-8 crows attempted ethnic cleansing, mobbing a broad-winged hawk that strayed into the wrong neighborhood.
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