puttock

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The futtock
Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard or marsh harrier

Some like to hounds, some like to Apes, dismayd, / Some like to Puttockes, all in plumes arayd: / All shap't according their conditions .

The marsh harrier
The buzzard
The European kite
puttock

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    Etymology

    () Origin uncertain; perhaps representing an unattested Old English *putta (“hawk”).
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