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rough-legged hawk

[ ruhf-leg-id, -legd ]

noun

  1. a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, that feeds chiefly on small rodents.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rough-legged hawk1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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