'Fork-tailed' definitions:

Definition of 'Fork-tailed'

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  • 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]

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