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Red-tailed adj. Having a red tail.

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.

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Etymology of 'Red-tailed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Red-tailed" Quotes from Famous Books

... northern continent, some indeed being found also in great numbers in South America. These are the turkey vulture, the black vulture, the little rusty-crowned falcon, the pigeon hawk, slate-coloured hawk, red-tailed buzzard, American horned owl, little American owl, and five other species of falcons. The perchers are ...

— The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston