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Webster 1913 Edition

Scissorstail

Scis′sors-tailˊ

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Noun.
(Zool.)
A tyrant flycatcher (
Milvulus forficatus
) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.

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