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puttock

The English word “puttock” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and marsh harrier
  2. A rapacious person who preys on the defenseless.
  3. The futtock.

Etymology

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.

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