Red-tailed hawk Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
    redtail; Buteo jamaicensis.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.

Webster 1913