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racket-tail

racket-tail noun: any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

racket-tail: any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or...
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Noun

racket-tail (plural racket-tails)

  1. Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
  2. Prioniturus spp., parrots with similar tails.

racket-tail meaning in Tamil

racket-tail in Tamil

வால்குருவி வகை

Forms of racket-tail

pluralracket-tails
alternative formrackettail
alternative formracquet-tail

Questions about racket-tail

What does racket-tail mean?
Racket-tail means any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
What is racket-tail in Tamil?
Racket-tail in Tamil is வால்குருவி வகை. See Racket-tail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is racket-tail?
Racket-tail is a noun.
What is the plural of racket-tail?
The plural of racket-tail is racket-tails.

Words near racket-tail in the dictionary

  1. rackest
  2. racket
  3. racket abuse
  4. racket sport
  5. racket sports
  6. racket-tail
  7. racket-tails
  8. racketball
  9. racketballer
  10. racketballers
  11. racketballs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: racket-tail (page history and authors); racket-tail (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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