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RED-TAILED HAWK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-tailed hawk mean? 

RED-TAILED HAWK (noun)
  The noun RED-TAILED HAWK has 1 sense:

1. dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tailplay

  Familiarity information: RED-TAILED HAWK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED-TAILED HAWK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Buteo jamaicensis; red-tailed hawk; redtail

Hypernyms ("red-tailed hawk" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("red-tailed hawk" is a member of...):

Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)


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