hen hawk

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   nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry

   Synonymschicken hawk

   Broaderhawk

Questions about hen hawk

What does hen hawk mean?

hen hawk means "nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry".

What is another word for hen hawk?

Close synonyms include chicken hawk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hen hawk a common word?

hen hawk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.