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See also:HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a See also:common See also:Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the See also:root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. See also:Lat. accipiter, from capere) , a word of somewhat indefinite meaning, being often used to signify all diurnal birds-of-See also:prey which are neither vultures nor eagles, and again more exclusively for those of the See also:remainder which are not buzzards, falcons, harriers or kites . Even with this restriction it is comprehensive enough, and will include more than a See also:hundred See also:species, which have been arrayed in genera varying in number from a dozen to above a See also:score, according to the See also:fancy of the systematizer . |
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