Fork-tailed /(?)/
Fork·-tailed
Fork-tailed
a.
- Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Fork-tailed flycatcher
- a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
- Fork-tailed gull
- a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
- Fork-tailed kite
- a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite.