Home › Words › B › buzzardetbuzzardetbuzzardet means A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with longer legs, possibly Buteo platypterus.EtymologyFrom buzzard + -et.nounA hawk resembling the buzzard, but with longer legs, possibly Buteo platypterus.A bird of prey mentioned in New England historical accounts, probably the osprey, Pandion haliaetus.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buzzard 79% match — Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail. vs buzzardet →buzzardlike 75% match — Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard. vs buzzardet →roughleg 65% match — Buteo lagopus, a bird of prey. vs buzzardet →broadwing 65% match — In falconry, a bird of prey of the eagle or buzzard type, having long wings and long flight feathers. vs buzzardet →buteo 64% match — Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo. vs buzzardet →baza 63% match — Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda. vs buzzardet →besra 58% match — A bird of prey of southern Asia, Accipiter virgatus. vs buzzardet →eaglehawk 58% match — Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax. vs buzzardet →