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[syn: swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
[1913 Webster]
Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
(Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed
kite.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Elanoides forficatus
n 1: graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn:
swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides
forficatus]