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forktails

forktails is the plural of forktail.

Meaning of forktail

Noun

forktail (plural forktails)

  1. Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
  2. A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).
  3. Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
  4. (Hong-Kong) Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
  5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A salmon in its fourth year of growth.

Questions about forktails

What is forktails the plural of?
Forktails is the plural of forktail.

Words near forktails in the dictionary

  1. forks out
  2. forks over
  3. forksful
  4. forkt
  5. forktail
  6. forktails
  7. forkweed
  8. forkwise
  9. forky
  10. forkytail
  11. forkytails

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