HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a

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• COMMON

common

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf.

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• LAT

Lat. accipiter, from capere)  , a word of somewhat indefinite meaning, being often used to signify all diurnal birds-of-prey which are neither vultures nor eagles, and again more exclusively for those of the remainder which are not buzzards, falcons, harriers or kites . Even with this restriction it is comprehensive enough, and will include more than a hundred species, which have been arrayed in genera varying in number from a dozen to above a score, according to the fancy of the systematizer .