forktail
forktail noun: any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
Noun
forktail (plural forktails)
- Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).
- Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
- Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
- A salmon in its fourth year of growth.
Forms of forktail
| plural | forktails |
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Origin of forktail
From fork + tail.
Words formed from forktail
- black-fronted forktail
- citrine forktail
- desert forktail
- eastern forktail
- fragile forktail
- furtive forktail
- lilypad forktail
- Mexican forktail
- Pacific forktail
- plains forktail
- Rambur's forktail
- San Francisco forktail
- swift forktail
- western forktail
- black-backed forktail
- Bornean forktail
- chestnut-naped forktail
- little forktail
- slaty-backed forktail
- spotted forktail
- Sunda forktail
- white-crowned forktail
- African forktail snapper
- forktail bigeye bream
- forktail blenny
- forktail blue-eye
- forktail catfish
- forktail dottyback
- forktail dwarfgoby
- forktail large-eye bream
- forktail lates (Lates microlepis
- forktail pygmy goby
- forktail rabbitfish
- forktail rainbowfish
- forktail tilefish
Questions about forktail
- What does forktail mean?
- Forktail means any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- What part of speech is forktail?
- Forktail is a noun.
- What is the plural of forktail?
- The plural of forktail is forktails.
Words near forktail in the dictionary
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