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buzzard 音標拼音: [b'ʌzɚd] n. 肉食鳥,禿鷹類,貪婪的人 肉食鳥,禿鷹類,貪婪的人 buzzard n 1: a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States [ synonym: { buzzard}, { turkey buzzard}, { turkey vulture}, { Cathartes aura}] 2: the common European short- winged hawk [ synonym: { buzzard}, { Buteo buteo}] Buzzard \ Buz" zard\, a. Senseless; stupid. [ R. & Obs.] -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Buzzard \ Buz" zard\ ( b[ u^] z" z[~ e] rd), n.[ O. E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus { Buteo} and related genera. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the { turkey vulture} ({ Cathartes aura}), and sometimes indiscriminately to any vulture. [ PJC] Note: The { Buteo vulgaris} is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species ( of which the most common are { Buteo borealis}, { Buteo Pennsylvanicus}, and { Buteo lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough- legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({ Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[ ae], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is { Circus [ ae] ruginosus}. See { Turkey buzzard}, and { Carrion buzzard}. [ 1913 Webster] { Bald buzzard}, the fishhawk or osprey. See { Fishhawk}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A blockhead; a dunce. [ 1913 Webster] It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster]
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