Red-tailed \Red"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a.
Having a red tail.
{Red-tailed hawk} (Zo["o]l.), a large North American hawk
({Buteo borealis}). When adult its tail is chestnut red.
Called also {hen hawck}, and {red-tailed buzzard}.
red-tailed hawk
n : dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
[syn: {redtail}, {Buteo jamaicensis}]