puttock

noun3

1. •
   (UK) Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and 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 […] — 1590
2. •
   A rapacious person who preys on the defenseless.
3. •
   The futtock.