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Webster 1913 Edition
Fork-tailed
Fork′-tailedˊ
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; – said of many birds.
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
.