buzzard
See also: Buzzard
buzzard - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbʌzəɹd/
Noun
buzzard (plural buzzards)
- Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
- (Canada, US) Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
- (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
- (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
- (golf) Synonym of double bogey
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Derived terms
- augur buzzard, Buteo augur
- common buzzard, Buteo buteo
- crested honey buzzard
- eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus
- European honey buzzard
- forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus
- gag a buzzard off a gut wagon
- grasshopper buzzard, Butastur rufipennis
- grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
- honey buzzard
- jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
- knock a buzzard off a gut wagon
- knock a buzzard off a shit wagon
- lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Madagascar buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- moor buzzard
- mountain buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
- red-necked buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- rough-legged buzzard
- rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer
- stink a buzzard off a gut wagon
- turkey buzzard
- upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- white-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa
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