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BUTEONINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any hawk of the genus Buteo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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) 

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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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