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red-tailed, a.
Having a red tail.
red-tailed buzzard or red-tailed hawk, a common North American hawk; the upper side of the tail is red in the adult bird.
1601Shakes. All's Well iv. v. 7 That red-tail'd humble Bee I speake of. 1611Cotgr., Rosse,..a small red-tayld lake-fish. 1771Pennant Synopsis Quadrup. 133 Red-tailed Monkey:..rump and half the tail deep orange-colored, almost red. 1785Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 259 Red-Tailed Gallinule... This species inhabits Ceylon. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 335 The chattering of the red-tailed parrot. 1812Wilson Amer. Ornith. VI. 75 The Red-tailed Hawk is most frequently seen in the lower parts of Pennsylvania during the severity of winter. 1824Shaw Gen. Zool. XII. i. 222 Red-tailed Crake (Ortygometra phœnicura). 1839Audubon Synopsis Birds N. Amer. 6 Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Buzzard. Red-tailed Hawk. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. 199 Pirouetting on the deck below with a red-tailed demon. |