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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
.