HyperDic: red-tailed_hawk

English > 1 sense of the expression *red-tailed hawk*:
NOUN	animal	red-tailed hawk, redtail, Buteo jamaicensis	dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

English > *red-tailed hawk*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail.
Synonyms	redtail, Buteo jamaicensis
Member of	Buteo, genus Buteo	Broad-winged soaring hawks
Broader	hawk	diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail