ROUGHLEG

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

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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