redtail

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English

A redtail (red-tailed hawk)
A redtail (common redstart)

Etymology

From red +‎ tail.

Noun

redtail (plural redtails)

  1. The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
  2. The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
  3. (entomology) A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.

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