Buteo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
"In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles."
Example
More examples"In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles."
Etymology
From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.