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Noun: scissortailed flycatcher
  1. 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
    - scissortail, Muscivora-forficata
Adjective: scissor-tailed
  1. (of birds) having a deeply forked tail
    "scissor-tailed birds"

See also: caudate, caudated

Type of: flycatcher, New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

Part of: genus Muscivora, Muscivora

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scission
scissor
scissor grip
scissor hold
scissors
scissors grip
scissors hold
scissors kick
scissortail
scissortailed flycatcher
scissure
Sciuridae
sciurine
Sciuromorpha
Sciurus
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus griseus
Sciurus hudsonicus
Sciurus niger
Sciurus vulgaris