red-tailed hawk

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red-tailed hawk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Red-tailed \Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a.
     Having a red tail.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Red-tailed hawk (Zool.), a large North American hawk
        (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red.
        Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.
        [1913 Webster]

red-tailed hawk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  red-tailed hawk
      n 1: dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown
           tail [syn: redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
           ]