buzzard

(buzərd)

noun

  1. any of various Old World hawks (esp. certain species of the genus Buteo) that are slow and heavy in flight
  2. ☆ turkey vulture
  3. a person regarded as mean, grasping, etc.

Origin: ME busard < OFr busart < buson, buison (< L buteo, kind of hawk) + -art, -ard

See buzzard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
  2. Chiefly British A hawk of the genus Buteo, having broad wings and a broad tail.
  3. An avaricious or otherwise unpleasant person.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English busard, hawk of the genus Buteo

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin būteō

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