redtail

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noun

The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.

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Meanings

nounredtail (plural redtails)

plural redtails

  1. The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
  2. The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
  3. biologyA species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

Similar
red-tailed hawkButeo jamaicensis
Broader
hawk

nounEuropean songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

Similar
redstart
Broader
thrush
Also see
redstartred-tailed hawk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From red + tail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

redtail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redtail

MLA

“redtail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redtail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redtail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redtail.

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