Scissors-tailed
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Scissors-tailed is an adjective meaning (zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
Meaning
(zoology) Having the outer feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include graduated, fan-tailed, longipennate, fantailed, peripterous, pycnaspidean.
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