redtail Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
    red-tailed hawk; Buteo jamaicensis.
  2. noun European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
    redstart.

WordNet

Red"tail` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart.

Webster 1913