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forktail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From fork + tail.

Meanings

  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. (Hong-Kong) Any fish of the species Ariomma indica.
  5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A salmon in its fourth year of growth.

Forms

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Deriveds

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

Relateds

forkytail

Translations (1)

fi haarapyrstö (bird of the genus Enicurus)