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Noun: red-tailed hawk
  1. Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
    "A red-tailed hawk soared overhead, scanning for prey";
    - redtail, Buteo jamaicensis

Derived forms: red-tailed hawks

Type of: hawk

Part of: Buteo, genus Buteo

Encyclopedia: Red-tailed hawk