English Explanatory Dictionary

forktail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
  2. A green junglefowl (Gallus varius).
  3. Any of the genus Ischnura of damselflies.
  4. Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
  5. A salmon in its fourth year of growth.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forktail.wav

Word forms

forktail forktails

Etymology

From fork + tail.

Related words

forkytail

Derived words

African forktail snapper forktail bigeye bream forktail blenny forktail blue-eye forktail catfish forktail dottyback forktail dwarfgoby forktail large-eye bream forktail lates (Lates microlepis forktail pygmy goby forktail rabbitfish forktail rainbowfish forktail tilefish black-fronted forktail citrine forktail desert forktail eastern forktail fragile forktail furtive forktail lilypad forktail Mexican forktail Pacific forktail plains forktail Rambur's forktail San Francisco forktail swift forktail western forktail black-backed forktail Bornean forktail chestnut-naped forktail little forktail slaty-backed forktail spotted forktail Sunda forktail white-crowned forktail
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