red-tailed hawk
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Red-tailed hawk — Red tailed Red tailed ( t?ld ), a. Having a red tail. [1913 Webster] {Red tailed hawk} (Zo[ o]l.), a large North American hawk ({Buteo borealis}). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also {hen hawck}, and {red tailed buzzard}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red-tailed hawk — [red′tāld΄] n. 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 … English World dictionary
red-tailed hawk — red′ tailed hawk′ n. orn a common North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, with whitish underparts, a dark back, head, and wings, and a reddish brown tail • Etymology: 1795–1805, amer … From formal English to slang
Red-tailed Hawk — Taxobox name = Red tailed Hawk status = LC status system=iucn3.1 status ref= cite web|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49438/all|assessors=BirdLife International|title= Buteo jamaicensis |accessmonthday=20 June|accessyear=2007]… … Wikipedia
red-tailed hawk — noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish brown tail (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑redtail, ↑Buteo jamaicensis • Hypernyms: ↑hawk • Member Holonyms: ↑Buteo, ↑genus Buteo … Useful english dictionary
red-tailed hawk — jamaikinis suopis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Buteo jamaicensis angl. red tailed hawk vok. Rotschwanzbussard, m rus. краснохвостый сарыч, m pranc. buse à queue rousse, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji suopiai … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
red-tailed hawk — /red tayld / a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish brown tail. See illus. under hawk. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
red-tailed hawk — noun Date: 1805 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Red-shouldered Hawk — Taxobox name = Red shouldered Hawk status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 300px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Accipitridae subfamilia = Accipitrinae genus = Buteo species = B.… … Wikipedia
Red-tailed — ( t?ld ), a. Having a red tail. [1913 Webster] {Red tailed hawk} (Zo[ o]l.), a large North American hawk ({Buteo borealis}). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also {hen hawck}, and {red tailed buzzard}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
