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Definition: Red-tailed Hawk |
Red-tailed HawkNoun1. Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Red-tailed HawkSynonym: redtail (n). (additional references) |
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| Buteo jamaicensis |
The Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is a large hawk.
Adults have a dark mark on the underwing, between the body and the wrist (the patagium). They have broad wings; some but not all colour variations have a red tail and a dark band across the belly. Eastern birds have a dark red tail; there are two main colour variations:
In most of the United States, Red-tailed Hawks are permanent residents. Northern birds migrate further south.
These birds wait on a high perch and swoop down on prey; they may also patrol open areas. They mainly eat small mammals, birds and reptiles.
In flight, these birds soar with wings in a slight dihedral, flapping as little as possible.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Red-tailed Hawk."
Crosswords: Red-tailed Hawk |
| English words defined with "red-tailed hawk": hen hawk. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "red-tailed hawk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | buse à queue rousse. (various references) | ||||
Papago | haupul. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ed-tailedray awkhay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-e-h-i-k-l-r-t-w" | |
-3 letters: headwaiter, threadlike. | |
-4 letters: airheaded, deathlike, dekaliter, earthlike, eradiated, headwater, trailhead, wealthier. | |
-5 letters: aweather, daikered, deadlier, dealated, derailed, detailed, detailer, dihedral, dithered, elaterid, eradiate, haltered, harelike, heralded, herdlike, lariated, lathered, radiated, railhead, rawhided, reawaked, redialed, retailed, threaded, treadled, twaddler, tweakier, twiddler, wartlike, weaklier, wheatear, whelkier, wildered, withered, wreathed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 64 2D 74 61 69 6C 65 64 48 61 77 6B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100100 00101101 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01001000 01100001 01110111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e d - t a i l e d   H a w k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0064 002D 0074 0061 0069 006C 0065 0064 0048 0061 0077 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52717015866775787170242678977 |
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