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noun
Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and marsh harrier
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, regional
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noun
A rapacious person who preys on the defenseless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
The futtock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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History
From Middle English puttock, puttok, potok, puttoc, of uncertain origin; perhaps representing an unattested Old English *putta (“hawk”) + -ock; or perhaps from Old English *pūthafoc (literally “pout-hawk”), equivalent to pout (“a kind of fish”) + hawk. Compare also pout (“a young bird”), poult.
