† boytern.
Obsolete.
A bird of prey; perhaps a vulture.
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fowl of chase1340
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fowl of ravin1340
accipitera1398
mittell1457
mittane?a1513
esalon1572
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talenter1620
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raptor1783
flesh-bird1796
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Buteo (buzzard)
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boyter1578
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 185 There were..other Cages for foule of rapyne of all sortes, as Hawkes, Kyghts, Boyters.
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 213 He had Egles, Buyters, and other foule of rapyne.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xii. 45 Hawkes, Kites, Boyters (which are very many in those parts).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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