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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
2. 2
   grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings wordnet
3. 3
   A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
4. 4
   Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)

Synonyms

All synonyms

muscivora forficatascissor-tailed flycatcherscissortailed flycatcher

Etymology

From scissor + tail.

Related phrases

scissor tailed flycatcher

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