SWAINSON'S HAWK


Meaning of SWAINSON'S HAWK in English

/swayn"seuhnz/

a migratory hawk, Buteo swainsoni, of western North America, that winters in southern South America.

[ 1890-95, Amer.; named after William Swainson (1789-1855), English naturalist ]

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