red-tailed hawk
[ red-teyld ]
/ ˈrɛdˌteɪld /
noun
a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
Origin of red-tailed hawk
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Words nearby red-tailed hawk
red-pencil,
red-short,
red-shouldered hawk,
red-spotted purple,
red-tag,
red-tailed hawk,
red-top,
red-wat,
red-winged blackbird,
redact,
redan