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buzzard
(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.
Origin: ME busard < OFr busart < buson, buison (< L buteo, kind of hawk) + -art, -ard
See buzzard in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
- Chiefly British A hawk of the genus Buteo, having broad wings and a broad tail.
- 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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