Definitions for buteos

buteos bu·te·o

Spelling: [byoo-tee-oh]
IPA: /ˈbyu tiˌoʊ/

Buteos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in buteos (beostu).

Definitions for buteos

noun

  1. any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.

Origin of buteos

1905-10; New Latin; Latin būteō a kind of hawk or falcon

Examples for buteos

The buteo was not to be driven away easily, and made brave play with beak and talons; but he never had a chance.

After 10 minutes of this behavior, a red-tailed hawk (buteo jamaicensis) screamed as it flew overhead.

It was a large hawk, which Lucien, as soon as he saw it, pronounced to be one of the kind known as buzzards (buteo).

The Red-tailed Hawk (buteo borealis) of our illustration is young and shows the plumage of the immature form.

Word Value for buteos
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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