buzzard
buzzard
Definition
buz·zard (buz′ərd)
noun
- any of various Old World hawks (esp. certain species of the genus Buteo) that are slow and heavy in flight
- ☆ turkey vulture
- a person regarded as mean, grasping, etc.
Etymology: ME busard < OFr busart < buson, buison (< L buteo, kind of hawk) + -art, -ard
buzzard
Synonyms
buzzard
Usage Examples
Possessives
- nest: The focus of their activity is an old buzzard's nest in a larch tree about 300 years from the house.
Converse of object
- soar: When they are not soaring aloft buzzards are commonly seen sitting motionless on a telegraph pole or bare branch.
- watch: Watch the buzzards circling from your steamer chair on the sunny terrace or find a shady spot in the secret garden.
- see: Perhaps that is why we rarely see Buzzards eating we're not up early enough!
- include: In all some 30 species of bird can be seen throughout the holding, including the local buzzard.
- spot: It was along here that we spotted the buzzard, plus peewits calling as they flew above us.
- have: One day we had approximately 150 buzzard like birds flying around the derrick mast of the rig a truly amazing site.
Adjective modifier
- long-legged: The dam is probably the best site on the island to see long-legged buzzard at any time of year.
- common: Also a pair of Common Buzzards over Castle Hill itself.
- several: The birds at Karlovo were truly spectacular in bright early morning sunshine, along with a very pale Rough-legged Buzzard and several Common Buzzards.
- old: I met the old buzzard running around like a demented hen round Union Station in Toronto.
- local: In all some 30 species of bird can be seen throughout the holding, including the local buzzard.
- more: I SEEM to be spotting more buzzards this year than ever before while out and about on rambles.
Modifies a noun
- patrol: Buzzards patrol the impressive skylines hunting for the myriad small wildlife to be found in the hedgerows and on the open hillsides.
- nest: Sparrow hawks kestrels and owls live in the vicinity whilst buzzards nest nearby.
Noun used with modifier
- leighton: Musically, together and sound check not wasted, these guys have been rocking the leighton buzzard game hands down!
- honey: Archive for May 7th, 2005 7th May 2005, Saturday Honey Buzzard - Hastings A honey buzzard flew over Hastings at about 10.30am.
- steppe: Steppe buzzards are the common species through into early November.
- mountain: We circled like a pair of mountain buzzards toward thin wispy clouds that were forming at 4000ft.
- jackal: The only bird we saw here but nowhere else was a single jackal buzzard.
buzzard Quotes
If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back as a buzzard.Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.
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