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hawk
  • n  diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
  • n  an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
  • n  a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
  • v  sell or offer for sale from place to place
  • v  hunt with hawks
    the tribes like to hawk in the desert
  • v  clear mucus or food from one's throat
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hawk's-beard
  • n  any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
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hawk's-beards
  • n  any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
  • n  any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
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hawk moth
  • n  any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
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hawk owl
  • n  grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
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hawkbill
  • n  pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
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hawkbit
  • n  any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions
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hawker
  • n  someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
  • n  a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
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hawking
  • n  English theoretical physicist (born in 1942)
  • n  the act of selling goods for a living
  • v  sell or offer for sale from place to place
  • v  hunt with hawks
  • v  clear mucus or food from one's throat
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