scissortail

scissortail
/siz"euhr tayl'/, n.
1. Also called scissortailed flycatcher /siz"euhr tayld'/. a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
2. any of various other birds having a long, forked tail.
[1830-40; SCISSOR(S) + TAIL1]

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