ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun
: a widely distributed New World buteonine hawk ( Buteo jamaicencis ) ; especially : a common rodent-eating hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis borealis ) of eastern No. America that is mottled dusky above and white tinged with buff and streaked dusky below and has a rather short typically rufous tail — called also redtail ; harlan's hawk, krider's hawk
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