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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
buzzard n 1: a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States [syn: buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura] 2: the common European short-winged hawk [syn: buzzard, Buteo buteo] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Buzzard \Buz"zard\, a. Senseless; stupid. [R. & Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture. [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk. [1913 Webster] 2. A blockhead; a dunce. [1913 Webster] It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] | ||
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