Define the word swallow-tailed kite"swallow-tailed kite" gcide "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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"Swallow-tailed kite" gcide "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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"swallow-tailed kite" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
swallow-tailed kite
n : graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn: swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus]
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