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redshouldered hawk

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red-shoul⋅dered hawk

  [red-shohl-derd]
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–noun
a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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red·should·ered hawk   (rěd'shōl'dərd)   
n.  A medium-sized North American hawk (Buteo lineatus), having rufous shoulder feathers and found typically in wet woodlands and savannas.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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