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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Accipitridae —buzzard .
Etymologies
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Pernis + -inae
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Forest, does not come into the subfamily _Buteoninae_, but is probably the type of a distinct group, _Perninae_, of which there are other examples in
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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