Explore Goshawk through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hawk. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Goshawk meaning
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
Synonyms of Goshawk
Using Goshawk
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
- Useful related words include: accipiter gentilis, hawk.
- In the example corpus, goshawk often appears in combinations such as: t- goshawk, northern goshawk.
Context around Goshawk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Goshawk
- In this selection, "goshawk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, northern, gabar, novel, urotriorchis and squadron stand out and add context to how "goshawk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also the goshawk an account and doria s goshawk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "goshawk" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with goshawk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Immature Northern goshawk with fresh meat. (6 words)
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk made its first flight. (12 words)
The subfamily Accipitrinae contains Accipiter ; it also contains genera Micronisus (Gabar goshawk), Urotriorchis (long-tailed hawk), and Megatriorchis (Doria's goshawk). (21 words)
Everyone mourns in her own way, and for Macdonald, after her beloved father’s death, that way was by taming a goshawk, a process described in this scratched, muddy, glorious memoir. (31 words)
One of the components of the book is a biographical account of White and also The Goshawk, an account of his own failed attempt to train a hawk. (28 words)
Stanley Woolley, a character in Derek Robinson 's Booker shortlisted novel Goshawk Squadron is an Aston Villa fan and names a pre-war starting eleven Villa side. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
The subfamily Accipitrinae contains Accipiter ; it also contains genera Micronisus (Gabar goshawk), Urotriorchis (long-tailed hawk), and Megatriorchis (Doria's goshawk).
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk made its first flight.
Last fall, 707 sharp-shinned hawks passed the Cadillac summit, but only eight Cooper’s hawks and one northern goshawk were tallied.
The United States Navy's T-45 Goshawk, a crucial training aircraft, recently surpassed one million flight hours at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas.
Everyone mourns in her own way, and for Macdonald, after her beloved father’s death, that way was by taming a goshawk, a process described in this scratched, muddy, glorious memoir.
Immature Northern goshawk with fresh meat.
One of the components of the book is a biographical account of White and also The Goshawk, an account of his own failed attempt to train a hawk.
Stanley Woolley, a character in Derek Robinson 's Booker shortlisted novel Goshawk Squadron is an Aston Villa fan and names a pre-war starting eleven Villa side.
Common combinations with goshawk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- t- goshawk 2×
- northern goshawk 2×