red-tailed hawk

red-tailed hawk

R0107050 (rĕd′tāld′)n. A hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) of North and Central America that feeds primarily on rodents and has a conspicuous reddish-brown tail.

red′-tailed` hawk′

n. a common North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, with whitish underparts, a dark back, head, and wings, and a reddish brown tail. [1795–1805, Amer.]

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red-tailed hawk - dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tailButeo jamaicensis, redtailhawk - diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tailButeo, genus Buteo - broad-winged soaring hawks