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    ROUGHLEG

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmersplay

    Synonyms:

    Buteo lagopus; rough-legged hawk; roughleg

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

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

    Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)

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