Category:Wedge-tailed

Wedge"-tailed", a. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Wedge-tailed eagle, an australian eagle (aquila audax) Which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on lambs; -- Called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and eagle hawk. -- wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (rhodostethia rosea) in which The plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also ross's gull.