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red-tailed hawk

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redtail, Buteo jamaicensis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hawk

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: cʼetsaa — bird of prey
  • Esperanto: jamajka buteo — bird of prey
  • Finnish: amerikanhiirihaukka — bird of prey
  • French: buse à queue rousse — bird of prey
  • German: Rotschwanzbussard — bird of prey
  • Hupa: k’itsa꞉y — bird of prey
  • Italian: falco coda rossa — bird of prey
  • Japanese: 赤尾鵟 (akao no suri) — bird of prey
  • Lower Tanana: ch'ettho — bird of prey
  • Navajo: atseełtsoii — bird of prey
  • Portuguese: gavião-de-cauda-vermelha — bird of prey
  • Romanian: șoricar de coadă roșie — bird of prey
  • Russian: краснохво́стый сары́ч (krasnoxvóstyj sarýč) — bird of prey
  • Seri: siipoj cquihjö — bird of prey
  • Spanish: ratonero de cola roja — bird of prey
  • Spanish: gavilán colirrojo — bird of prey
  • Spanish: guaraguao — bird of prey
  • Tanacross: ch'etthaayh — bird of prey
  • Taíno: warawao — bird of prey
  • Umatilla: qíluš — bird of prey
  • Unami: mèxkalaniat — bird of prey