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scissortail /ˈsɪzəteɪl /noun1 (also scissor-tailed flycatcher) A tyrant flycatcher with a very long forked tail, found in the southern US and noted for its spectacular aerial display.- Tyrannus forficatus, family Tyrannidae.
In those days scissor-tailed flycatchers were still uncommon in our part of the world, and seemed nearly as exotic to us as toucans....- As I stood there on my sister's porch, the first scissor-tailed flycatcher of the spring flew over.
- Was it a member of the winged flock that was in the running for Oklahoma's state bird, an honor ultimately bestowed on the swallow-tailed scissortail flycatcher?
2 (also scissors-tail) A small SE Asian freshwater fish with a deeply forked tail.- Rasbora trilineata, family Cyprinidae.
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