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Red-tailed

Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a. Having a red tail.

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.
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