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Rough-legged (gcide) | Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
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rough-legged hawk. (Zool.) See Roughleg.
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rough-legged hawk (encz) | rough-legged hawk, n: |
rough-legged buzzard (gcide) | Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
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Note: 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.
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rough-legged hawk (gcide) | Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
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]
Note: 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]Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
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rough-legged hawk. (Zool.) See Roughleg.
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rough-legged hawk (wn) | rough-legged hawk
n 1: large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on
small rodents and is beneficial to farmers [syn: {rough-
legged hawk}, roughleg, Buteo lagopus] |
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