scissortail

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noun

A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).

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scissortailed flycatcherMuscivora forficatascissor-tailed flycatcher
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Meanings

nounscissortail (plural scissortails)

plural scissortails

  1. A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
  2. A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
  3. Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)

Synonyms & antonyms

noungrey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings

Similar
scissortailed flycatcherMuscivora forficatascissor-tailed flycatcher
Broader
New World flycatcherflycatchertyrant flycatcher
Also see
scissor-tailed flycatcher

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From scissor + tail.

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APA

scissortail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissortail

MLA

“scissortail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissortail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scissortail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissortail.

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