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    BUTEO

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Broad-winged soaring hawksplay

    Synonyms:

    Buteo; genus Buteo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Buteo" is a kind of...):

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "Buteo"):

    buteonine (any hawk of the genus Buteo)

    Buteo jamaicensis; red-tailed hawk; redtail (dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail)

    Buteo lagopus; rough-legged hawk; roughleg (large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers)

    Buteo lineatus; red-shouldered hawk (North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders)

    Buteo buteo; buzzard (the common European short-winged hawk)

    Holonyms ("Buteo" is a member of...):

    Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)

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