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broad-winged hawk

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broad-winged hawk

[brawd-wingd]
–noun
an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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broad-winged hawk   (brôd'wĭngd')   
n.  A crow-sized forest hawk (Buteo platypterous) of eastern North America.
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