roughleg


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roughleg

(ˈrʌfˌlɛɡ)
n
(Animals) any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.roughleg - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmersroughleg - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
Buteo lagopus, rough-legged hawk
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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