Translingual

Buteo buteo

Proper noun

Buteo m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae – buzzards and hawks.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Buteoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Buteo albicaudatus (white-tailed hawk), Buteo albigula (white-throated hawk), Buteo albonotatus (zone-tailed hawk), Buteo archeri (Archer's buzzard, Buteo augur (augur buzzard, Buteo auguralis (red-necked buzzard), Buteo brachypterus (Madagascar buzzard), Buteo brachyurus (short-tailed hawk), Buteo buteo (common buzzard), Buteo galapagoensis (Galápagos hawk), Buteo hemilasius (upland buzzard, Buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk), Buteo lagopus (rough-legged buzzard), Buteo leucorrhous (white-rumped hawk), Buteo lineatus (red-shouldered hawk), Buteo magnirostris (roadside hawk), Buteo oreophilus (mountain buzzard), Buteo platypterus (broad-winged hawk), Buteo poecilochrous (puna hawk, Buteo polyosoma (red-backed hawk), Buteo regalis (ferruginous hawk), Buteo ridgwayi (Ridgway's hawk, Buteo rufinus (long-legged buzzard), Buteo rufofuscus (jackal buzzard), Buteo solitarius (Hawaiian hawk), Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk), Buteo ventralis (rufous-tailed hawk) - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Noun

buteo ‎(plural buteos)

1. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
   • 1988, February 5, “Jerry Sullivan”, in Field & Street:

     In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Probably imitative of a buzzard or hawk's cry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.te.oː/

Noun

būteō m ‎(genitive būteōnis); third declension

1. A sort of hawk or falcon

Declension

Third declension.

See also

• falcō

References

• buteo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BUTEO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “buteo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• buteo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray