red-tailed hawk

noun

ˈred-ˌtāld- 

: a widely distributed chiefly rodent-eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail

called also red*tail\ ˈred-​ˌtāl \

Illustration of red-tailed hawk

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for red-tailed hawk

• electroshock
• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk

Kids Definition

red-tailed hawk

noun

ˌred-ˌtāld-

: an American hawk that has a rather short usually reddish tail and feeds mostly on small rodents (as mice)

called also redtail