buzzard
pronunciation
How to pronounce buzzard in British English:
UK [ˈbʌzəd]
How to pronounce buzzard in American English:
US [ˈbʌzərd]
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- Noun:
- common in South America and Central America and southern United States
- the common European short-winged hawk
Word Origin
- buzzard (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French buisart "buzzard, harrier, inferior hawk," from buson, buison, from Latin buteonem (nominative buteo) a kind of hawk, perhaps with -art suffix for one that carries on some action or possesses some quality, with derogatory connotation (see -ard).
Example
- 1. The buzzard never says it is to blame .
- 2. Man , zero 's buzzard food .
- 3. Shut up , you miserable buzzard !
- 4. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard .
- 5. It many ways , there are many people like the buzzard , the bat and the bumblebee .