rough-legged hawk

rough-legged hawk [ruhf-leg-id, -legd] Word Origin noun

1. a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, that feeds chiefly on small rodents.

Origin of rough-legged hawk An Americanism dating back to 1805–15 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019