HyperDic: swallow-tailed_kite

English > 1 sense of the expression swallow-tailed kite:
NOUNanimalswallow-tailed kite, swallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatusgraceful North American black-and-white kite
English > swallow-tailed kite: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninggraceful North American black-and-white kite.
Synonymsswallow-tailed hawk, Elanoides forficatus
Member ofElanoides, genus ElanoidesA genus of kites
BroaderkiteAny of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Spanishelanio tijereta, Elanoides forficatus, milano tijereta

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