SWALLOW-TAILED KITE

Meaning of SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in English

an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.

[ 1870-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE — noun or swallow-tailed hawk : a graceful No. American kite ( Elanoides forficatus ) of the central and southern United …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE — вилохвостый коршун (Elanoides forficatus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE — вилохвостый коршун ( Elanoides forficatus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TAILED — adjective see: tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KITE — I Any of numerous lightly built They are found worldwide in warm regions. Some live on insects; others are primarily …
Английский словарь Британика
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä(ˌ)lō, -_lə also ˈswȯ(-; -_ləw, -_lō+V; dial, or NE+V, -_lər noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English swalwe, swalowe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KITE — I. ˈkīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — ˈtā(ə)ld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from tail + -ed 1. : having a tail 2. [from past participle of tail …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Английский словарь Webster
TAILED — ( a. ) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — /tayld/ , adj. 1. having a tail. 2. having a tail of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWALLOW — swallow 1 — swallowable , adj. — swallower , n. /swol"oh/ , v.t. 1. to take into the stomach by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KITE — kite 1 — kiter , n. — kitelike , adj. /kuyt/ , n. , v. , kited, kiting . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — adj. having a tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAILED — see tail I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä-(ˌ)lō noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KITE — I. ˈkīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAILED — adj having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — noun that which ingulfs; a whirlpool. 2. swallow ·noun capacity for swallowing; voracity. 3. swallow ·noun taste; relish; inclination; liking. …
Webster English vocab
KITE — noun fig. : one who is rapacious. 2. kite ·noun the belly. 3. kite ·noun the brill. 4. kite ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — [swal.low] n [ME swalowe, fr. OE swealwe; akin to OHG swalawa swallow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous small widely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KITE — [kite] n [ME, fr. OE cyta; akin to MHG kuze owl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of various usu. small hawks …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — any of the 74 species of the bird family Hirundinidae (order Passeriformes). A few, including the bank swallow, are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
KITE — any of numerous birds of prey belonging to one of three subfamilies (Milvinae, Elaninae, Perninae) of the family Accipitridae. Typically, …
Britannica English vocabulary
-TAILED — -tailed BrE AmE ˈteɪ ə ld ▷ — long-tailed ˌlɒŋ ˈteɪ ə ld ◂ AmE \ ˌlɔːŋ- ˌlɑːŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWALLOW — swallow, S~ BrE AmE ˈswɒl əʊ AmE ˈswɑːl oʊ ▷ swallow|ed d ▷ swallow|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KITE — kite, Kite BrE AmE kaɪt ▷ kited ˈkaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈkaɪt̬- ▷ kites kaɪts ▷ kiting ˈkaɪt ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWALLOW — / ˈswɒləʊ; NAmE ˈswɑːloʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb FOOD / DRINK 1. to make food, drink, etc. go down …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KITE — / kaɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a toy made of a light frame covered with paper, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWALLOW — I. swal ‧ low 1 /ˈswɒləʊ $ ˈswɑːloʊ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: swelgan ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KITE — I. kite 1 /kaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cyta ] 1 . a light …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KITE — n. & v. --n. 1 a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KITE — n. & v. n. 1 a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWALLOW — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. cause or allow (food etc.) to pass down the throat. 2 intr. perform …
Oxford English vocab
KITE — n. & v. --n. 1. a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in …
Oxford English vocab
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWALLOW — ( swallows, swallowing, swallowed) 1. If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KITE — ( kites) 1. A kite is an object, usually used as a toy, which is flown in the air. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWALLOW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KITE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES high as a kite (= strongly affected by drugs or alcohol ) ▪ Steve …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWALLOW — [noun] [C]A swallow is an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move …
Cambridge English vocab
KITE — (FLYING OBJECT) [noun] [C] - an object consisting of a frame covered with plastic, paper or cloth that is flown …
Cambridge English vocab
KITE — n. Any of numerous lightly built birds of prey that have a small head, partly bare face, short beak, and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KITE — n. Light frame covered with paper or cloth, often provided with a balancing tail, and designed to be flown in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SWALLOW — Synonyms and related words : abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWALLOW — n. 25B6; verb she couldn't swallow anything : EAT, gulp down, consume, devour, put away; ingest, assimilate; drink, guzzle, quaff, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWALLOW — v. 1 eat, consume, devour, ingest, dispatch or despatch; drink, gulp, guzzle, down, Colloq put or pack away, swig, swill …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TAILED — dilate detail
Anagrams English vocabulary
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve хвостатый бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом > * rhyme стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWALLOW — I 1. сущ. 1) глоток I took a swallow of brandy. ≈ Я глотнул бренди. Syn : draught, gulp 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KITE — 1. сущ. 1) зоол. коршун, сокол, ястреб и т. д. (птицы семейства Accipitridae) 2) а) хищник (о человеке - тот, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — Хвостатый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TAILED — tailed.ogg teıld a 1. хвостатый 2. бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом tailed rhyme - стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWALLOW — swallow.ogg _I 1. ʹswɒləʋ n 1. глоток at a swallow - одним глотком, залпом to take a swallow of water …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KITE — kite.ogg 1. kaıt n 1. бумажный змей to fly a kite - запускать змея см. тж. 3 и 7, 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SWALLOW — I swallow сущ.1) глоток I took a swallow of brandy. — Я глотнул бренди. He drank it at one swallow. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TAILED — (n) хвостатый
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TAILED — (a) бесхвостый
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TAILED — (0) с отрубленным хвостом
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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