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Noun: roughleg
  1. Large hawk of the Northern Hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
    - rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus

Derived forms: roughlegs

Type of: hawk

Part of: Buteo, genus Buteo

Encyclopedia: Roughleg