wedge-tailed eagle

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wedge-tailed eagle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zool.)
     Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest,
     the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or
     less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of
     Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
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     Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax)
        which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on
        lambs; -- called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and
        eagle hawk.
  
     Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in
        which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also
        Ross's gull.
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