Redtail \Red"tail`\ (-t?l`), n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart.
redtail n 1: dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail [syn: {red-tailed hawk}, {Buteo jamaicensis}] 2: European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins [syn: {redstart}]