swallow-tailed kite

swallow-tailed kite

n. A raptor (Elanoides forficatus) with bold black-and-white plumage and a deeply forked tail, found in the southeast United States and Central and South America.

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Noun

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swallow-tailed kite - graceful North American black-and-white kiteElanoides forficatus, swallow-tailed hawkkite - any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animalsElanoides, genus Elanoides - a genus of kites