buteo

noun

buteo

noun

Etymology From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

1

Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.

In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:

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