'Mouse hawk' definitions:
Definition of 'Mouse hawk'
From: GCIDE
- Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus, AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf. Muscle, Musk.]
- 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse ({Mus musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse, or deer mouse ({Peromyscus leucopus}, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d Mousing, 2. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. [1913 Webster]
- Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc.
- Mouse bird (Zool.), a coly.
- Mouse deer (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
- Mouse galago (Zool.), a very small West American galago (Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
- Mouse hawk. (Zool.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl.
- Mouse lemur (Zool.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar.
- Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mouse hawk'
From: GCIDE
- Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also marish.] [1913 Webster]
- Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
- Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.
- Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens).
- Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
- Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
- Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common component of salt hay.
- Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock.
- Marsh hawk. (Zool.) (a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier.
- Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of salt-water marshes.
- Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea ( Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
- Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
- Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
- Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
- Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender.
- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
- Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.
- Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
- Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
- Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes. [1913 Webster]