SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER


Meaning of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-zər-ˌtāld- ]

noun

Date: circa 1909

: a flycatcher ( Tyrannus forficatus ) of the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America that has a long deeply forked tail — called also scissortail

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.