rough-legged hawk

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rough-leg·ged hawk

(rŭf′lĕg′ĭd)

A large hawk (Buteo lagopus) that breeds in the Arctic and ranges into North America and northern Eurasia. It has whitish feathers covering the legs.

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rough′-leg`ged hawk′

a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, with feathered legs and a white tail with a broad black band.

[1805–15, Amer.]

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rough-legged hawk - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers

Buteo lagopus, roughleg

hawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

Buteo, genus Buteo - broad-winged soaring hawks

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