buzzard

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
2. noun Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
3. noun In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
4. noun A blockhead; a dunce.
5. noun Synonym of double bogey.
6. noun A fighter plane.
7. noun The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
8. noun A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).

Similar words

turkey vulture turkey buzzard buteo buteo cathartes aura vulture hawk turkey nuts nozzle culvert

Often followed by

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Word family

buzzards