redtail

Other forms: redtails

Definitions of redtail
  1. noun
    dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
    synonyms: Buteo jamaicensis, red-tailed hawk
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    type of:
    hawk
    diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
  2. noun
    European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
    synonyms: redstart
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    type of:
    thrush
    songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
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