Wedge-tailed /(?)/

Wedge·-tailed

Wedge-tailed

a.
  1. 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. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds
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.