elanoides forficatus

2 definitions found

elanoides forficatus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
     Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones;
     swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American
        flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
  
     Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of
        two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
  
     Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite
        (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed  kite
        .
        [1913 Webster]

elanoides forficatus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Elanoides forficatus
      n 1: graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn:
           swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus
           ]