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Alternative forms
sparrow-hawk
sparrowhawk

Noun
en-noun|sg=sparrow hawk

1. A species of small falcon, Falco sparverius, that preys grasshoppers and small mammals.
2. A small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.

Synonyms
(species of hawk): American kestrel

Derived terms
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chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
collared sparrowhawk
Eurasian sparrowhawk
imitator sparrowhawk
Japanese sparrowhawk
Levant sparrowhawk
little sparrowhawk
Madagascar sparrowhawk
New Britain sparrowhawk
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Nicobar sparrowhawk
Ovampo sparrowhawk
red-thighed sparrowhawk
rufous-chested sparrowhawk
rufous-necked sparrowhawk
slaty-mantled sparrowhawk
small sparrowhawk
vinous-breasted sparrowhawk

Translations
trans-top|species of falcon, Falco sparverius
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Spanish: cernícalo m
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trans-top|type of hawk, Accipiter nisus
Albanian: gjeraqina e shkurtës
Belarussian: пе�апела�н�к
Breton: sparfell c�hlas
Bulgarian: мал�к ����еб (mal"k jastreb)
Catalan: esparver
Czech: krahujec
Croatian: kobac
Danish: spurvehøg
Dutch: sperwer m
Esperanto: nizo
Estonian: raudkull
Faroese: spurvaheykur
Finnish: varpushaukka
French: épervier m
Frisian: sparwer
Friulian: sparvâl
Gallegan: gabián
German: Sperber m
Greek: ξε��έ�ι
Hungarian: karvaly
Icelandic: sparrhaukur
Irish: spioróg, naile, speirsheabhac
Italian: sparviero m
Korean: �매 (saemae)
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Ladin: sparvel pice

Latvian: zvirbuļu vanags
Lithuanian: paukštvanagis
Macedonian: jа���еб в�ап�а� (jastreb vrap�ar)
Maltese: sparvier
Norwegian: spurvehauk
Occitan: esparvièr
Polish: krogulec
Romansh: sprer, sprer pitschen
Romany: hulyo m, hulyaika f
Russian: пе�епел��ник (perepeljatnik)
Sami: dihtti, cihcefálli
Sardinian: astorittu feridori, scatta de pisci, astoreddu
Scottish: speireag
Serbian: коба�
Slovak: jastrab krahulec
Slovenian: skobec
Spanish: gavilán
Ukrainian: �����б малий, пе�епел��ник
Upper Sorbian: Å¡kraholc, kraholc
Welsh: gwalch glas
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See also
pedialite|American kestrel
pedialite|Sparrow hawk
R:American Heritage 2000|American Heritage 2000 article "sparrow hawk"
R:Dictionary.com|dictionary.com article "sparrow hawk"
R:WordNet 2003|WordNet? 2003 article "sparrow hawk"

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