A bird of prey (of uncertain identity). Cf. puttock, n.1
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard) (18) pittelOE A bird of prey (of uncertain identity). Cf. puttock, n.1 puttockc1175 A bird of prey, esp. the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish. rare. buzzardc1300 Name for the genus Buteo of birds of the falcon family, esp. B. vulgaris. Applied also, with defining words, to other birds belonging to the Falconidæ… esalon1572 Mis-spelling of Latin æsalon, the name of a bird of prey, ‘the rust-kite or moor-buzzard’ (Lewis and Short), ‘the merlin’ (Liddell and Scott); in… boyter1578 A bird of prey; perhaps a vulture. Subcategories:— buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk) (5) — buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk) (5) — buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk) (2) — other types of (1) |
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