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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In England, the moor-buzzard or marsh-harrier, Circus œruginosus.
  • noun In the United States, the great-footed hawk or peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, var. anatum: so called from its habitually preying upon ducks.

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