guaraguao

English

Etymology

Spanish guaraguao

Noun

guaraguao (plural guaraguaos)

1. red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Spanish

Etymology

From the Taíno warawao.

Noun

guaraguao m (plural guaraguaos)

1. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Derived terms

• guaraguaíto

 

Further reading

• “guaraguao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014