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sparrowhawk

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sparrowhawk/ˈsparəʊhɔːk/

▶noun a small Old World hawk that preys on small birds. [Accipiter nisus and related species.]

■ N. Amer. the American kestrel.

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