'Red-tailed hawk' definitions:
Definition of 'red-tailed hawk'
(from WordNet)
noun
Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail [syn: redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis]
Definition of 'Red-tailed hawk'
From: GCIDE
- Red-tailed \Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a. Having a red tail. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]