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}]