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Definition of Roughleg

1. Noun. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.

Definition of Roughleg

1. n. Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.

Definition of Roughleg

1. Noun. ''Buteo lagopus'', a bird of prey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roughleg

1. a large hawk [n -S]

Medical Definition of Roughleg

1. Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Synonym: rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety (Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg (Archibuteo ferrugineus) inhabits Western North America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Roughleg

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1. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1895)
"... and the ferruginous roughleg, от squirrel hawk, as it is sometimes called on account of its great fondness for the ground squirrels so destructive in ..."

2. Hawks and Owls from the Standpoint of the Farmer by Albert Kenrick Fisher (1895)
"The rough-legged howk, and the ferruginous roughleg, or squirrel hawk, ... The winter range of the roughleg is determined more by the fall of snow than by ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"If the player wins, the entire stake is his; if the contrary is the case, the stake belongs to the bank. roughleg. An American buzzard-hawk of the genus ..."

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