chicken hawk

/ˌtʃɪkən hɔk/
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Other forms: chicken hawks

Definitions of chicken hawk
  1. noun
    nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
    synonyms: hen hawk
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    type of:
    hawk
    diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
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