HyperDic: genus_buteo

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Buteo:
NOUNanimalgenus Buteo, Buteobroad-winged soaring hawks
English > genus Buteo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningBroad-winged soaring hawks.
SynonymButeo
Member ofAccipitridae, family Accipitridaehawks
MembersbuteonineAny hawk of the genus Buteo
buzzard, Buteo buteoThe common European short-winged hawk
red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatusNorth American hawk with reddish brown shoulders
redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensisdark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
rough-legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopuslarge hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds
Spanishbuteo, genus buteo
Catalanbuteo, genus buteo
Adjectivesbuteoninerelating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo

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