red-tailed hawk

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\ ˈred-ˌtāld-

Definition of red-tailed hawk

: a widely distributed chiefly rodent-eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail

— called also redtail

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The Medina Raptor Center offered close-up looks at a kestrel and a red-tail hawk held by center volunteers, and an African tortoise wandered around the retreat, followed closely by a member of the Northern Ohio Association of Herpetologists. — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, "Medina County Parks' Earth Day Festival provides family fun," 23 Apr. 2018 The Medina Raptor Center offered close-up looks at a kestrel and a red-tail hawk held by center volunteers, and an African tortoise wandered around the retreat, followed closely by a member of the Northern Ohio Association of Herpetologists. — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, "Medina County Parks' Earth Day Festival provides family fun," 23 Apr. 2018

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red-tailed hawk

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: a type of American hawk that has a reddish tail

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