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buteo

buteo noun: any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.

Noun

buteo (plural buteos)

  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.1988 February 5, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of buteo

pluralbuteos

Origin of buteo

From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

Questions about buteo

What does buteo mean?
Buteo means any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
What part of speech is buteo?
Buteo is a noun.
What is the plural of buteo?
The plural of buteo is buteos.

Words near buteo in the dictionary

  1. butenyl
  2. butenylidene
  3. butenylidenes
  4. butenyls
  5. butenyne
  6. buteo
  7. buteonine
  8. buteonines
  9. buteos
  10. Butera
  11. Buteras

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