HyperDic: buteo_lagopus

English > 1 sense of the expression Buteo lagopus:
NOUNanimalButeo lagopus, rough-legged hawk, roughleglarge hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
English > Buteo lagopus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
Synonymsrough-legged hawk, roughleg
Member ofButeo, genus ButeoBroad-winged soaring hawks
Broaderhawkdiurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
Spanishratonero calzado
Catalanaligot calçat

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