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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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a.
1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or
pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
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2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull (Xema
furcata), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the
fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth (Urapteryx
sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swallow-tailed kite
n 1: graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn:
swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides
forficatus]