buz|zard

buz|zard
buz|zard1 «BUHZ uhrd», noun.
1. a) a kind of large, heavy, slow-moving hawk. b) = buteo. (Cf.buteo)
2. = turkey buzzard. (Cf.turkey buzzard)
3. a mean, greedy, or selfish person: »

The old buzzard never has a kind word for any of his neighbors.

[< Old French busart < buson, earlier buison < Latin būteō, -ōnis kind of hawk]
buz|zard2 «BUHZ uhrd», noun.
Dialect. any one of various insects that fly by night, such as large moths.
[< buzz1]

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