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SCISSORTAIL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Muscivora-forficata; scissortail; scissortailed flycatcher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scissortail" is a kind of...):
flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)
Holonyms ("scissortail" is a member of...):
genus Muscivora; Muscivora (a genus of Tyrannidae)
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