'Elanoides forficatus' definitions:
Definition of 'Elanoides forficatus'
From: WordNet
noun
Graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn: swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus]
Definition of 'Elanoides forficatus'
From: GCIDE
- 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]