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scissortail

scissortail noun: a scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).

Noun

scissortail (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)

Forms of scissortail

pluralscissortails

Origin of scissortail

From scissor + tail.

Questions about scissortail

What does scissortail mean?
Scissortail means a scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
What part of speech is scissortail?
Scissortail is a noun.
What is the plural of scissortail?
The plural of scissortail is scissortails.

Words near scissortail in the dictionary

  1. scissorsing
  2. scissorsmith
  3. scissorsmiths
  4. scissorstail
  5. scissorstails
  6. scissortail
  7. scissortails
  8. scissorwise
  9. scissura
  10. scissure
  11. scissurellid

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