Definition of "red-tailed" [red•-tailed]

• Having a red tail. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "And to make it more confusing, the English use different words than we do; for instance, their buzzards aren’t our vultures, but what we would call our red-tailed and ferruginous hawks."
• "The bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, the falcon circled or chose high perches suitable for diving attacks."
• "But I suspected there were young in the nest the first week in April, mostly because I saw one of the bald eagles vigorously chasing a red-tailed hawk nearby."