different between sparrowhawk vs keelie

English

Alternative forms

• sparrow-hawk, sparrow hawk, sparhawk, spar-hawk

Etymology

From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), equivalent to sparrow +? hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).

Noun

sparrowhawk (plural sparrowhawks)

1. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
2. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
3. Any of numerous other species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
4. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius.

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Further reading

• Sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eurasian sparrowhawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• American kestrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Accipiter nisus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Falco sparverius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Accipiter nisus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Falco sparverius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ki?li/

Noun

keelie (plural keelies)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A sparrowhawk or kestrel.
2. (Scotland, Northern England) A common or violent urban youth.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 64:

     That was what she said if it was Glasgow people, Oh they are just keelies.