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Webster 1913 Edition

Red-tailed

Red′-tailedˊ

(-t?ldˊ)

,

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

.