swallow-tailed kite

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

Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
   Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
   swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
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   {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}.
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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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