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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. {Fork-tailed flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a tropical American flycatcher ({Milvulus tyrannus}). {Fork-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), a gull of the genus {Xema}, of two species, esp. {X. Sabinii} of the Arctic Ocean. {Fork-tailed kite} (Zo[94]l.), a graceful American kite ({Elanoides forficatus}); -- called also {swallow-tailed kite}. | |
