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