swallow-tailed hawk

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

swallow-tailed hawk
    n 1: graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn:
         {swallow-tailed kite}, {swallow-tailed hawk}, {Elanoides
         forficatus}]

from 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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