noun
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
• Syn: ↑scissortailed flycatcher, ↑Muscivora-forficata
• Hypernyms: ↑New World flycatcher, ↑flycatcher, ↑tyrant flycatcher, ↑tyrant bird
• Member Holonyms: ↑Muscivora, ↑genus Muscivora
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun or scissor-tailed flycatcher \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ : a flycatcher (Muscivora forficata) of the southern United States and Mexico having a deeply forked tail and being gray above, white beneath, salmon on the sides, and scarlet at the base of the crown feathers
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/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.
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scissˈortail noun
An American flycatcher
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Main Entry: ↑scissors
Useful english dictionary. 2012.