roughleg

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun roughleg has 1 sense

roughleg(n = noun.animal) buteo lagopus, rough-legged hawk - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers; Array

is a kind of hawk

is a member of buteo, genus buteo

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CIDE DICTIONARY

roughleg, n.

Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. [1913 Webster]

" The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety (Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg (Archibuteo ferrugineus) inhabits Western North America." [1913 Webster]

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