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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rough·leg /ˈrʌfˌlɛg, ˌleg/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rough·leg n. Zool. Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes.  Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
 Note: ☞ The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety (Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg (Archibuteo ferrugineus) inhabits Western North America.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 roughleg
      n : large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on
          small rodents and is beneficial to farmers [syn: rough-legged
           hawk, Buteo lagopus]