REDTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redtail mean? 

• REDTAIL (noun)
  The noun REDTAIL has 2 senses:

1. dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

2. European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

  Familiarity information: REDTAIL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Buteo jamaicensis; red-tailed hawk; redtail

Hypernyms ("redtail" is a kind of...):

hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("redtail" is a member of...):

Buteo; genus Buteo (broad-winged soaring hawks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

redstart; redtail

Hypernyms ("redtail" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("redtail" is a member of...):

genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)