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Webster 1913 Edition
Wedge-tailed
Wedge′-tailed′
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; – said of certain birds. See Illust. of
Wood hoopoe
, under Wood
. Wedge-tailed eagle
, an Australian eagle (
– Aquila audax
) which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on lambs; – called also mountain eagle
, bold eagle
, and eagle hawk
. Wedge-tailed gull
, an arctic gull (
Rhodostethia rosea
) in which the plumage is tinged with rose; – called also Ross’s gull
.