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buteo

[byoo-tee-oh]

noun, plural -te·os.

any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.

Origin:
1905–10; < Neo-Latin; Latin būteō a kind of hawk or falcon

Related forms

bu·te·o·nine

[byoo-tee-oh-nahyn, -nin, byoo-tee-] , adjective, noun

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buteo
noun
broad-winged soaring hawks

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