Definition of "sparrowhawk"

A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.

1. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.  examples

Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.  examples

Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.  examples