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

• Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under wood. (adjective)

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• "High up, a wedge-tailed eagle circles, scanning the sea for scraps of forgotten lunch."
• "Late last year he was with a mate inspecting crop damage caused by rabbits when they spotted three wedge-tailed eagles circling the paddock."
• "Raptors recorded from the area include the wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax and a number of owls."