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BUTEONINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any hawk of the genus Buteo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("buteonine" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
Holonyms ("buteonine" is a member of...):
Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)
Derivation:
buteonine (relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)
Derivation:
buteonine (any hawk of the genus Buteo)
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