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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
2. 2
   European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins wordnet
3. 3
   The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
4. 4
   dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail wordnet
5. 5
   A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.

Synonyms

All synonyms

buteo jamaicensisred tailed hawkred-tailed hawkredstartredstart

Etymology

From red + tail.

Related phrases

buteo jamaicensisred tailed hawk

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