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red-shouldered hawk definition

red-shouldered hawk (red′s̸hōl′dərd)

a dark-colored, North American hawk (Buteo lineatus) having a reddish patch on each shoulder and thick bands of white on the tail feathers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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