hawkling
nounEtymology From hawk + -ling.
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A small, young, or immature hawk.
- The young nestlings of hawks; these hawklings being untrained, and good for little in falconry.1851, Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the queens of England:
- The day's tragedies had begun; the east was warm with color, and streamers of light were woven through the clouds; but I thought that, somewhere near me, the mocker's' mate was sitting on her nest, and that somewhere, further away, there were young hawklings who, also, have a right to life.1913, The Oriole - Volumes 1-4 - Page 18
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- It was a bird, a small hawkling. A baby. And as she watched, it began to stretch its wet, feeble wings.2009, Nancy Werlin, Locked Inside: