ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Forktail

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Forktail is a noun meaning Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.

Meaning

Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.

More Meanings

  1. A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).
  2. Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
  3. (Hong Kong) Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
  4. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A salmon in its fourth year of growth.

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Related dictionary entries include needletail, tit-flycatcher, fantail, spinetail, finch, firetail.

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