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Webster 1913 Edition


Scissors-tailed

Scis′sors-tailedˊ

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Adj.
(Zool.)
Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

Definition 2024


scissors-tailed

scissors-tailed

English

Adjective

scissors-tailed (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.