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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. graceful North American black-and-white kite;
[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]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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]