Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buteo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: bu-teo
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.

Example Sentences

"In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles."

Etymology

From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

Inflected Forms

buteos (plural)

Questions

What does buteo mean?: Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
Where does buteo come from?: From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.

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