01 n. A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.
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A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.(Zool.)
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In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.(Zool.) See: turkey vulture
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Bald buzzard —
the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.