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racquet-tail

racquet-tail is the alternative form of racket-tail.

Meaning of racket-tail

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.

Forms of racquet-tail

pluralracquet-tails

Questions about racquet-tail

What is racquet-tail the alternative form of?
Racquet-tail is the alternative form of racket-tail.

Words near racquet-tail in the dictionary

  1. Racovița
  2. RACQ
  3. Racquel
  4. Racquell
  5. racquet
  6. racquet-tail
  7. racquet-tails
  8. racquetball
  9. racquetballer
  10. racquetballers
  11. racquetballs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: racquet-tail (page history and authors); racket-tail (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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