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Large hawk-like bird of prey
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buzzard
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A more extreme development of this pattern is seen in the kestrel, peregrine and buzzard prey assemblages. ▪ If anything happens to this hobo, only the buzzards will care. ▪ It is situated in the Dartmoor National Park, amidst ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Buzzard is the common name of several related species of bird of prey:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. common in South America and Central America and southern United States [syn: turkey buzzard , turkey vulture , Cathartes aura ] the common European short-winged hawk [syn: Buteo buteo ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several Old World bird of prey with broad wings and a broad tail. 2 In North America, a general term for scavenging birds such as the American black vulture (''Coragyps atratus''), and the turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura''). 3 (context colloquial ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] (Zo["o]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. (Zo["o]l.) In the United States, a term ...
Usage examples of buzzard.
Hovering over the scene was a bunch of particularly ugly buzzards, looking down upon the good guys and licking their beaky chops.
Trying not even to hope that Ironlaw might lead him to Buglet, he turned away to watch a buzzard wheeling over the other end of the camp and drew a long slow breath before he dared look again.
In his full regalia the Buzzard mounted the platform, and as he took the oath placed one hand on the flashing yellow cairngorm in the hilt of his dagger.
Also in attendance was the local Roman Catholic primate, a foreigner named Father Simony, and a wizened, breech-clouted little witch doctor of the King Buzzard cult, Don Curandero Brujo.
Den he flop down fudder, ole Brer Buzzard did, twel he lit on de top er de holler tree.
Arkansas has been called the Hot Water State and the Toothpick State, Georgia the Buzzard State, Goober State and Cracker State.
A buzzard flapped out of the flying dirt, made a last-minute course adjustment as the wind gusted, then landed on the hood of the cruiser.
The balloon began logily to lose altitude under the combined weight of buzzards and buzzard droppings.
At their approach, the buzzards hopped off the carcasses, then lumbered into flight with an ungainly flapping of wings.
I lay a long time amid the fern, with bees humming around me and pipits calling, and an occasional buzzard or peregrine hovering in the blue, thinking precisely the same thoughts that I used to have in France the day before a big action.
Buzzard still be there when we arrive, or will he have given up his search and sailed away?
If she were here, by this time the Buzzard would have set sails and his silhouette would be unmistakable.
There was only the odd flash of answering fire from the gun pits on the beach, and the Buzzard responded immediately to these, swinging his ship and bringing to bear the full power of his broadside, snuffing them out with a whirlwind of grape, flying sand and falling trees.
It offered welcome shade, but still the wanderer sat there in the sunlight and watched the curious buzzards.
The abbot leaned against the parapet to listen while he watched the buzzards circling over the mesa of Last Resort.