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honey buzzard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
hon-ey buz-zard
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

noun

Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

noun

Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

noun

Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

noun

Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae

Etymology

The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs

Inflected Forms

honey buzzards (plural)

Phrases

barred honey buzzard black honey buzzard crested honey buzzard European honey buzzard long-tailed honey buzzard oriental honey buzzard philippine honey buzzard

Synonyms

pern oriental honey buzzard pernis apivorus

Questions

What does honey buzzard mean?
Any of certain birds of prey in family Accipitridae
Where does honey buzzard come from?
The species was historically assumed to include honey in its diet, due to the fact that it broke open and fed from honeycombs

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