Wedge-tailed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wedge-tailed \Wedge"-tailed"\, a. (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster]