buteoEtymologyFrom the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.buteo means Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.nounAny of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.“In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles.”