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单词 buteo
释义

Definition of buteo in English:

buteo

nounPlural buteosˈbjuːtɪəʊˈbyo͞odēō
US Ornithology
  • A bird of prey of a group distinguished by broad wings that are used for soaring.

    〔鸟〕〈主美〉鵟

    Buteo and related genera, family Accipitridae; many species, including the buzzards and the American red-tailed and Harris' hawks

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Swainson's Hawk is a slender buteo, similar in length to the Red-tailed Hawk, but with a longer wingspan and weighing about 20% less.
    • For example, most buteos eat primarily small mammals and most accipiters prey on birds.
    • It's easy this time of year to forget that the skies belong to birds other than buteos, accipiters, and their ilk.
    • Even better, we enjoyed long side-by-side views of the buteo next to a Northern Harrier, by far the most common raptor at Croton Point.
    • I saw an Eagle, most likely a Spotted Eagle, a buteo of some sort, and an accipiter, either a Eurasian Sparrowhawk or a Levant Sparrowhawk.

Origin

From Latin buteo 'buzzard, hawk'.

Definition of buteo in US English:

buteo

nounˈbyo͞odēō
US Ornithology
  • A bird of prey of a group distinguished by broad wings that are used for soaring.

    〔鸟〕〈主美〉鵟

    Buteo and related genera, family Accipitridae; many species, including the buzzards and the red-tailed and Harris's hawks

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's easy this time of year to forget that the skies belong to birds other than buteos, accipiters, and their ilk.
    • For example, most buteos eat primarily small mammals and most accipiters prey on birds.
    • I saw an Eagle, most likely a Spotted Eagle, a buteo of some sort, and an accipiter, either a Eurasian Sparrowhawk or a Levant Sparrowhawk.
    • Even better, we enjoyed long side-by-side views of the buteo next to a Northern Harrier, by far the most common raptor at Croton Point.
    • The Swainson's Hawk is a slender buteo, similar in length to the Red-tailed Hawk, but with a longer wingspan and weighing about 20% less.

Origin

From Latin buteo ‘buzzard, hawk’.

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