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Meaning of sparrowhawk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
  2. A female such bird, a male being a musket.
  3. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.

Equivalents

العربية باشق ساف
Català esparver
Deutsch Sperber
Suomi varpushaukka
Français épervier
Gàidhlig speireag
Galego tecelán
Latina nisus
Polski krogulec

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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