forktail

English

Etymology

fork +‎ tail

Noun

forktail (plural forktails)

  1. Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
  2. (Britain, dialectal) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for forktail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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