redtail

A redtail (red-tailed hawk)

Meaning

Noun

  • The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
  • The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
  • A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum (species), of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.

Origin

  • red + tail

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