a. [f. L. būteōn-em hawk or buzzard + -INE; cf. L. leōnīnus LEONINE.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Buzzard.
1865. Athenæum, No. 1987. 732/3. Raptorial bird … somewhat buteonine.
1874. Coues, Birds N.-W., 356. The only buteonine species observed.
