Word Meanings - FORKTAILED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite.

• Longer
  One who longs for anything.
• Swallowfish
  The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
• Tailoring
  of Tailor
• BIRDSMOUTH
  An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.
• Callisthenics
  See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
• Havana
  Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar
• Median
  Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
• Swallowtail
  A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
• Tailoress
  A female tailor.
• BIRDSNESTBIRDSNEST
  The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of al
• Callet
  A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
• Callithump
  A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
• Havanese
  Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba.
• Mediant
  The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
• Swallow-tailed
  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.
• Tailpiece
  A piece at the end; an appendage.
• BIRDSNESTING
  Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
• American
  Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
• Callid
  Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.

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