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词汇 buzzard
释义 buzzard
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbʌz.əd/ us /ˈbʌz.ɚd/
a large European bird of prey(= a bird that kills and eats small birds and animals) that is a type of hawk: 鵟(欧洲猛禽);美洲秃鹫
High above the banks of ancient oaks, a buzzard circles in search of its prey.
 
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a type of North American vulture that feeds on the flesh of dead animals:
The highway is a desolate stretch of asphalt haunted by buzzards, coyotes and rattlesnakes.
 
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Deer, otters & buzzards can be seen from the cottages.
The Basque country has vineyards surrounded by purple heather, bracken and honeysuckle; the plaintive cries of buzzards echo in the air.
After following some buzzards circling carrion, he came upon the hides of about 10 black bears.
The territory offers few distractions but the occasional buzzard gorging on a roadkill.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Birds of prey
bald eagle
barn owl
condor
eagle
falcon
goshawk
hawk
hawkishly
hen harrier
kestrel
kite
osprey
owl
owlet
peregrine falcon
raptor
snowy owl
sparrowhawk
tawny owl
vulture

buzzard | American Dictionary


buzzard
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbʌz·ərd/
a large North American bird that eats the flesh of dead animals; a vulture

Examples of buzzard


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More than 2400 haematophagous insects were trapped while attacking the nestlings of buzzards and sparrowhawks.
The following trypanosomes of raptors were successfully isolated into culture and cryopreserved : 31 isolates from buzzards, 21 isolates from sparrowhawks, 2 isolates from kestrels, and 7 isolates from lesser-spotted eagles.
But also, any caper chicks that survive make delicious meals for buzzards, which easily catch the young chicks on the ground.
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Why eagles should have been suffering when there was no diminution of buzzards nor of corvines was not made clear.
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Annual population statistics do not exist for buzzard, peregrine or merlin.
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That applies especially to foxes, but also to kites, eagles and buzzards.
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We are already protecting quite a number of predators, such as buzzards, owls, kestrels and so on.
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She soared like a lakeland buzzard over the whole scene.
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According to him and the trust, we can apparently expect to be overwhelmed before long by buzzards, marsh harriers and by record numbers of peregrines.
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Indeed, we had a buzzard on the ground that damaged several people.
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The only survey has been on the buzzard.
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Perhaps if we could cross buzzards with the rabbit we should solve the problem of their over reproduction.
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To my knowledge, it is certainly having an effect on buzzards.
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Then there is a bird which has not been mentioned—that is, the buzzard.
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It has been found that there is no evidence whatsoever of any extensive switch by the buzzard from eating rabbits to eating any other animal.
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