Buzzard
Large scavenging raptor
A buzzard is a large bird of prey.
In British usage, buzzards are hawks of the genus Buteo—broad-winged soaring birds that hunt rodents and small mammals.
In American usage, buzzard typically means a vulture, especially the turkey vulture that circles over carrion.
The word is also used disparagingly for a contemptible person, especially an old one: The old buzzard refused to sell.
Carrion-eating raptor
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- scavengerSeeker of refuse
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- thermalsWarm air columns
wingspan · talons · beak · prey · circling · kettle · roost · raptor
Cessation of life
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- circlingMoving around a center
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- warningAlert about danger
portent · bad luck · superstition · ill omen · waiting · patience · inevitability · darkness
Informal term for old man
- codgerCrusty elderly man
- cootLobed-foot marsh bird
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
- grouchHabitually irritable person
miser · scoundrel · vulture · leech · parasite · opportunist · sleazy · unscrupulous
Massachusetts coastal peninsula
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- inletWater extending into land
- coastalOf the shoreline
- maritimeOf the sea
nautical · harbor · sailing · lighthouse · New England · Atlantic · shoreline
vulture
Carrion-eating raptor
thermals · wingspan · talons · beak · prey · circling · kettle · roost · raptor · hawk
death
Cessation of life
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- circlingMoving around a center
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
warning · portent · bad luck · superstition · ill omen · waiting · patience · inevitability · darkness · folklore
geezer
Informal term for old man
- codgerCrusty elderly man
- cootLobed-foot marsh bird
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
grouch · miser · scoundrel · vulture · leech · parasite · opportunist · sleazy · unscrupulous · predatory
Cape Cod
Massachusetts coastal peninsula
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- inletWater extending into land
- coastalOf the shoreline
maritime · nautical · harbor · sailing · lighthouse · New England · Atlantic · shoreline
Buzzardeagle
Large predatory bird
golden eagle · bald eagle · falcon · peregrine falcon · hawk
- turkey buzzardNorth American carrion bird