redstart, redtail
(noun) European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
redtail, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
(noun) dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
redtail (plural redtails)
The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
The common or European redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus.
• dilater, trailed, trialed
Source: Wiktionary
Red"tail` (-tl`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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