buzzard

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: buz=zard
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

buzzard, n. [O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.].

•  A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.  [1913 Webster]
•  In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture.  [PJC]

  " 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 larvæ, with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus æruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard."  [1913 Webster]

  "It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard."  [1913 Webster]
•  A blockhead; a dunce.  [1913 Webster]

Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.

buzzard, a. 

 Senseless; stupid.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

buzzard, n.
1 any of a group of predatory birds of the hawk family, esp. of the genus Butea, with broad wings well adapted for soaring flight.
2 US a turkey buzzard.

Etymology

ME f. OF busard, buson f. L buteo -onis falcon

ROGET THESAURUS

buzzard

Fool

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