Crossword clues for buzzard
buzzard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Buzzard \Buz"zard\, a.
Senseless; stupid. [R. & Obs.]
--Milton.
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.
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(Zo["o]l.) In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.
Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and Buteo lineatus) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ( Pernis apivorus) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard.
Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
2. A blockhead; a dunce.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.
--Goldsmith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Old French buisart "buzzard, harrier, inferior hawk," from buson, buison, from Latin buteonem (nominative buteo) a kind of hawk, perhaps with -art suffix for one that carries on some action or possesses some quality, with derogatory connotation (see -ard).
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 derogatory slang often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard" English) A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person. 4 (context archaic English) A blockhead; a dunce.
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]
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Buzzard is the common name of several related species of bird of prey:
A buzzard is a bird of prey.
Buzzard may also refer to:
Buzzard is a 2014 American independent film written and directed by Joel Potrykus, starring Joshua Burge as Marty Jackitansky.
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.