rough-legged hawk

rough-leg·ged hawk

R0319700 (rŭf′lĕg′ĭd)n. A large hawk (Buteo lagopus) that breeds in the Arctic and ranges into North America and northern Eurasia. It has whitish feathers covering the legs.

rough′-leg`ged hawk′

n. a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, with feathered legs and a white tail with a broad black band. [1805–15, Amer.]

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rough-legged hawk - large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmersButeo lagopus, roughleghawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tailButeo, genus Buteo - broad-winged soaring hawks