dorhawk

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

So called because it eats the dorbeetle. See hawk.

Noun

dorhawk (plural dorhawks)

  1. A bird, the European goatsucker.
    • September 13 1668, Thomas Browne, letter to Dr. Merritt
      A dorhawk, a bird not full so big as a pigeon, somewhat of a woodcock colour, and paned somewhat like a hawk, with a bill not much bigger than that of a titmouse, and a very wide throat […]

References
  • dorhawk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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