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ey·as  (s)

n.

A nestling hawk or falcon, especially one to be trained for falconry.

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[Middle English eias, from an eias, alteration of *a nias, an eyas, from Old French niais, from Latin ndus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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eyas [ˈaɪəs]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) a nestling hawk or falcon, esp one reared for training in falconry

[mistaken division of earlier a nyas, from Old French niais nestling, from Latin nīdus nest]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eyas - an unfledged or nestling hawk hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail