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- noun Plural form of
buteo .
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Examples
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In the wasteland of the gray light, where the black buteos rode on updrafts above the ruins of the forest, a man had heaved his burden over his shoulder.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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They say God looks down upon us, like the buteos that soar above the blasted landscape of the gray land.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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They say God looks down upon us, like the buteos that soar above the blasted landscape of the gray land.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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In the wasteland of the gray light, where the black buteos rode on updrafts above the ruins of the forest, a man had heaved his burden over his shoulder.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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In the wasteland of the gray light, where the black buteos rode on updrafts above the ruins of the forest, a man had heaved his burden over his shoulder.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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They say God looks down upon us, like the buteos that soar above the blasted landscape of the gray land.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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Peregrine Falcon is possible as is a number of buteos including Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawk at this time of year.
BC Bloggers 2010
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Lerner et al. [14]: "at least one individual of each nominal genus and species, and nearly all sub-species, of sub-buteos."
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Powerful though they might be, buteos lack the agility to shake marauding birds like crows, blue jays and mockingbirds.
xenogere 2009
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Lerner et al. [14]: "at least one individual of each nominal genus and species, and nearly all sub-species, of sub-buteos."
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David G. Haskell et al. 2009
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