Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buzzard

2 senses of buzzard

Sense 1
buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura -- (a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States)
       => New World vulture, cathartid -- (large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures)

Sense 2
buzzard, Buteo buteo -- (the common European short-winged hawk)
       => hawk -- (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)