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ROUGHLEG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
Synonyms:
Buteo lagopus; rough-legged hawk; roughleg
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("roughleg" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
Holonyms ("roughleg" is a member of...):
Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)
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