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 Swal·low-tailed a.
 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
 2. Carp. United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
 Swallow-tailed duck Zool., the old squaw.
 Swallow-tailed gull Zool., an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail.
 Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite Zool., the fork-tailed kite.
 Swallow-tailed moth Zool., a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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 Fork-tailed a. Zool. Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
 Fork-tailed flycatcher Zool., a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus).
 Fork-tailed gull Zool., a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean.
 Fork-tailed kite Zool., a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite.
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 swallow-tailed kite
      n : graceful North American black-and-white kite [syn: swallow-tailed
          hawk, Elanoides forficatus]