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BUTEO BUTEO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Buteo buteo mean?
• BUTEO BUTEO (noun)
The noun BUTEO BUTEO has 1 sense:
1. the common European short-winged hawk
Familiarity information: BUTEO BUTEO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common European short-winged hawk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Buteo buteo; buzzard
Hypernyms ("Buteo buteo" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
Holonyms ("Buteo buteo" is a member of...):
Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)
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