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bu⋅te⋅o

  [byoo-tee-oh]
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–noun, plural -te⋅os.
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
Origin:
1905–10; < NL; L 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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bu·te·o   (byōō'tē-ō')   
n.   pl. bu·te·os
Any of various broad-winged, soaring hawks of the genus Buteo.

[Latin būteō, a kind of hawk or falcon.]
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