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red-tailed hawk definition

red·-tailed· hawk (red′tāld′)

a large, North American hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) having a reddish tail and wing feathers that are dark brown on the upper side but light-colored on the underside

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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